The temperature on August 22, 1910 was between 9.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Day of marriage October 22, 1936
The temperature on October 22, 1936 was between 10.9 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Day of death November 29, 1970
The temperature on November 29, 1970 was between 6.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
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