The temperature on October 22, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
Day of marriage July 28, 1937
The temperature on July 28, 1937 was between 8.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
Day of death November 16, 1956
The temperature on November 16, 1956 was between 6.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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