The temperature on September 28, 1909 was between 8.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
Day of marriage June 5, 1947
The temperature on June 5, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
Day of death July 24, 1974
The temperature on July 24, 1974 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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