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
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
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.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
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.
January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
July 25 » The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
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
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