The temperature on November 13, 1914 was between 3.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
Day of marriage June 7, 1935
The temperature on June 7, 1935 was between 12.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death November 11, 1936
The temperature on November 11, 1936 was between 3.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
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