The temperature on March 16, 1911 was between -4.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of marriage February 14, 1935
The temperature on February 14, 1935 was between 5.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
October 10 » In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
Day of death July 3, 1960
The temperature on July 3, 1960 was between 8.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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