The temperature on February 2, 1911 was between 1.2 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death May 5, 1962
The temperature on May 5, 1962 was between 2.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
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