The temperature on March 21, 1920 was between 0.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
Day of marriage August 27, 1947
The temperature on August 27, 1947 was between 13.6 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Day of death March 15, 1983
The temperature on March 15, 1983 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 19 » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
May 20 » Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
Day of burial March 17, 1983
The temperature on March 17, 1983 was between 6.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
December 31 » Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever African American police commissioner.
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