The temperature on May 17, 1926 was between 2.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
Day of marriage October 30, 1952
The temperature on October 30, 1952 was between 6.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
Day of death March 24, 2009
The temperature on March 24, 2009 was between 2.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
June 9 » An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
June 21 » Greenland assumes self-rule.
October 28 » NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
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