The temperature on March 21, 1957 was between 4.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
Day of death May 21, 1980
The temperature on May 21, 1980 was between 9.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
March 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
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