The temperature on January 23, 1911 was between -2.1 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
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.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
Day of marriage May 8, 1937
The temperature on May 8, 1937 was between 5.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
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