The temperature on February 2, 1934 was between -7.2 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of death December 5, 2000
The temperature on December 5, 2000 was between 6.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
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