The temperature on June 5, 1911 was between 11.6 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage May 16, 1934
The temperature on May 16, 1934 was between 4.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death May 8, 1979
The temperature on May 8, 1979 was between 5.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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