The temperature on March 1, 1911 was between 3.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of marriage April 29, 1937
The temperature on April 29, 1937 was between 6.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
Day of death April 28, 1972
The temperature on April 28, 1972 was between 1.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 11 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
June 17 » Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process.
June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
December 7 » Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
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