1933 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1933 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), with a total of 259. It…
1934–35 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1934–35 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league …
1937 Brazilian coup d'état
The 1937 Brazilian coup d'état (Portuguese: Golpe de Estado no Brasil em 1937), also known as the Estado Novo coup, was a self-coup in Brazil led by President G…
1937 Fox vault fire
A major fire occurred in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previou…
1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt
The 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt took place from March to June 1937 in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was a rebellion against Premier William A…
1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward had abdicated the British throne in December 1936, …
1937–38 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1937–38 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league …
1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision
On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Roya…
1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match
The 1940 association football match between the national teams of Mandatory Palestine and Lebanon was the latter's first official international match, and the f…
1941 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1941 Atlantic hurricane season was the period in 1941 in which tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic Basin. It was a relatively inactive hurricane season…
1941 Florida hurricane
The 1941 Florida hurricane was a compact but strong tropical cyclone that affected the Bahamas, Florida, and the southeastern United States in October 1941. The…
1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane
The 1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane (also known as the 1944 San Lucas hurricane and the 1944 Sanibel Island hurricane) was a large Category 4 tropical cyclone on th…
1946 California's 12th congressional district election
An election for a seat in the United States House of Representatives took place in California's 12th congressional district on November 5, 1946, the date set by…
1949 Ambato earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 Ms earthquake struck Ecuador's Tungurahua Province southeast of its capital Ambato and killed 5,050 people on August 5, 1949. The nearby village…
1950 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1950 Atlantic hurricane season was the first year in the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT) that storms were given names in the Atlantic basin. Names were…
1950 United States Senate election in California
The 1950 United States Senate election in California was held on November 7 of that year, following a campaign characterized by accusations and name-calling. Re…
1950–51 Gillingham F.C. season
During the 1950–51 English football season, Gillingham F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division South, the third tier of the English football league …
1951 Philadelphia municipal election
The 1951 Philadelphia municipal election, held on Tuesday, November 6, was the first election under the city's new charter, which had been approved by the voter…
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (Norwegian: De 6. olympiske vinterleker; Nynorsk: Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and …
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
The democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz was deposed in a coup d'état in 1954, marking the end of the Guatemalan Revolution. The coup insta…
1955 MacArthur Airport United Air Lines crash
On April 4, 1955, a Douglas DC-6 named Mainliner Idaho operated by United Air Lines crashed shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronk…
1955 State of Vietnam referendum
A referendum was held in the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to determine whether the country was a republic or monarchy. It was primarily a contest between Pr…
1956 FA Cup final
The 1956 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1955–56 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better k…
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali or VII Giochi olimpici d'inverno) and commonl…