The temperature on October 10, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
Day of marriage June 26, 1937
The temperature on June 26, 1937 was between 5.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death March 11, 1973
The temperature on March 11, 1973 was between 1.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
May 17 » Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
July 29 » Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
December 21 » The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
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