The temperature on May 21, 1910 was between 12.8 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.
Day of death January 31, 1971
The temperature on January 31, 1971 was between 4.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
October 27 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
November 27 » The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
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