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
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
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.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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
February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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.
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 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
May 16 » Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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