The temperature on July 8, 1911 was between 11.1 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage May 3, 1934
The temperature on May 3, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
Day of death June 6, 2004
The temperature on June 6, 2004 was between 5.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
2013 » Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (b. 1918)
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