The temperature on July 12, 1910 was between 13.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
Day of marriage May 19, 1938
The temperature on May 19, 1938 was between 3.9 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Day of death October 29, 1979
The temperature on October 29, 1979 was between 2.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
July 12 » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
July 21 » Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
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