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
March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
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
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
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.
January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
January 16 » The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
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