January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of marriage August 10, 1935
The temperature on August 10, 1935 was between 11.6 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death November 26, 1944
The temperature on November 26, 1944 was between 1.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
June 14 » World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
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