February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of marriage March 4, 1944
The temperature on March 4, 1944 was between -2.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
April 22 » World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea.
May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
August 7 » IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
Day of death October 29, 1978
The temperature on October 29, 1978 was between 10.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 2 » Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
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