The temperature on April 10, 1911 was between 2.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage March 10, 1934
The temperature on March 10, 1934 was between -1.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
Day of death December 5, 1976
The temperature on December 5, 1976 was between -0.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
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