The temperature on October 2, 1910 was between 11.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
Day of marriage May 18, 1940
The temperature on May 18, 1940 was between 8.5 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
Day of death December 23, 1963
The temperature on December 23, 1963 was between -9.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
June 30 » Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
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