The temperature on August 1, 1911 was between 15.6 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
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.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage August 4, 1937
The temperature on August 4, 1937 was between 6.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
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