The temperature on October 2, 1926 was between 6.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
Day of marriage May 14, 1947
The temperature on May 14, 1947 was between 13.7 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
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