January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of marriage January 22, 1935
The temperature on January 22, 1935 was between 5.5 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Day of death September 13, 1944
The temperature on September 13, 1944 was between 7.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
February 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
September 28 » World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.
October 5 » The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
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