The temperature on May 16, 1911 was between 6.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
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.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
Day of marriage April 19, 1930
The temperature on April 19, 1930 was between 0.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
Day of death April 11, 1974
The temperature on April 11, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
August 15 » Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
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