The temperature on December 3, 1909 was between 4.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
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 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of death March 11, 1957
The temperature on March 11, 1957 was between 5.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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