January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
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 September 11, 1936
The temperature on September 11, 1936 was between 8.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
July 6 » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61m) into the River Irwell.
November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Day of death April 13, 1981
The temperature on April 13, 1981 was between 4.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
August 7 » The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
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