The temperature on July 16, 1911 was between 9.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
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.
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.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death November 21, 1976
The temperature on November 21, 1976 was between 2.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
January 12 » The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
June 29 » The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
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