The temperature on April 30, 1909 was between 1.8 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 19.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
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.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
Day of marriage March 31, 1938
The temperature on March 31, 1938 was between 7.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
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