The temperature on November 7, 1911 was between 4.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
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 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage August 12, 1942
The temperature on August 12, 1942 was between 12.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
June 20 » The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
Day of death November 13, 1947
The temperature on November 13, 1947 was between 6.3 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
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