January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage May 30, 1936
The temperature on May 30, 1936 was between 5.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death March 7, 1960
The temperature on March 7, 1960 was between -2.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
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