The temperature on June 28, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death March 26, 1938
The temperature on March 26, 1938 was between 0.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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