The temperature on March 27, 1926 was between 1.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
Day of death December 20, 1963
The temperature on December 20, 1963 was between -11.5 °C and -2.9 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
April 30 » The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
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