The temperature on March 22, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
Day of marriage May 8, 1936
The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 10.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
Day of death April 20, 1991
The temperature on April 20, 1991 was between -3.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
June 20 » German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
October 27 » Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
Day of burial April 24, 1991
The temperature on April 24, 1991 was between -0.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 26 » Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
March 23 » The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking the 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War.
July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
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