The temperature on December 16, 1910 was between 6.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of marriage September 23, 1937
The temperature on September 23, 1937 was between 4.8 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death February 4, 1984
The temperature on February 4, 1984 was between 2.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
June 18 » A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
July 25 » Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.
September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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