The temperature on September 3, 1911 was between 10.0 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage August 27, 1934
The temperature on August 27, 1934 was between 11.1 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
Day of death February 16, 1983
The temperature on February 16, 1983 was between -6.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 8 » The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
September 23 » Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
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