The temperature on April 23, 1911 was between 6.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage May 9, 1936
The temperature on May 9, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
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