The temperature on October 12, 1958 was between 5.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
Day of death June 22, 1974
The temperature on June 22, 1974 was between 13.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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