The temperature on January 5, 1933 was between 4.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
November 15 » Thailand has its first election.
Christening day October 22, 1933
The temperature on October 22, 1933 was between 8.6 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
April 1 » The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
September 3 » Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
October 19 » Konstantin von Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations.
Day of marriage June 6, 1958
The temperature on June 6, 1958 was between 9.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
Day of death March 31, 2018
The temperature on March 31, 2018 was between 2.5 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » For the first time in history all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
May 9 » The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
July 25 » As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
October 17 » Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
December 31 » Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-storey building collapsed in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
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