The temperature on August 19, 1936 was between 11.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 29.1 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Day of marriage July 19, 1961
The temperature on July 19, 1961 was between 13.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
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