The temperature on October 21, 1911 was between 8.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage April 14, 1944
The temperature on April 14, 1944 was between 8.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
December 28 » Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
Day of death December 11, 1978
The temperature on December 11, 1978 was between 7.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
Day of burial December 15, 1978
The temperature on December 15, 1978 was between 4.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
November 27 » The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey.
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