The temperature on December 1, 1904 was between 6.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of marriage June 20, 1932
The temperature on June 20, 1932 was between 7.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
November 24 » In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Day of death July 17, 1963
The temperature on July 17, 1963 was between 12.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
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