The temperature on May 18, 1910 was between 12.9 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Day of marriage May 4, 1936
The temperature on May 4, 1936 was between 6.0 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death November 24, 1968
The temperature on November 24, 1968 was between 5.9 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.
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