The temperature on June 16, 1911 was between 4.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of death August 21, 1939
The temperature on August 21, 1939 was between 15.1 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
August 23 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.
September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
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