The temperature on May 9, 1933 was between 7.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 2 » The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
August 16 » Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
Day of marriage August 18, 1955
The temperature on August 18, 1955 was between 16.8 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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