The temperature on May 14, 1958 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
Day of death December 10, 2009
The temperature on December 10, 2009 was between 8.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 26 » Rioting breaks out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that will result in the replacement of President Marc Ravalomanana with Andry Rajoelina.
March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
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