The temperature on July 13, 1904 was between 13.4 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
Day of marriage May 13, 1931
The temperature on May 13, 1931 was between 11.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
Day of death April 7, 1960
The temperature on April 7, 1960 was between 10.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
Day of burial April 11, 1960
The temperature on April 11, 1960 was between 6.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
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