The temperature on December 8, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
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.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Day of marriage August 1, 1946
The temperature on August 1, 1946 was between 11.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
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