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
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 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
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
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
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
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
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