The temperature on August 29, 1911 was between 13.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage May 14, 1937
The temperature on May 14, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death April 14, 2000
The temperature on April 14, 2000 was between 2.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
August 8 » Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
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