The temperature on April 13, 1911 was between -0.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
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.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of marriage February 8, 1934
The temperature on February 8, 1934 was between 3.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
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