The temperature on November 12, 1909 was between 6.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage April 1, 1936
The temperature on April 1, 1936 was between 8.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
Day of death September 19, 1951
The temperature on September 19, 1951 was between 8.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
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