The temperature on May 23, 1910 was between 10.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
Day of marriage May 23, 1936
The temperature on May 23, 1936 was between 2.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
Day of death April 14, 1990
The temperature on April 14, 1990 was between 6.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
June 30 » East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
August 7 » First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
August 23 » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
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