The temperature on May 26, 1934 was between 3.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
Day of death May 20, 1943
The temperature on May 20, 1943 was between 8.3 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
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