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
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
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
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
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