The temperature on February 13, 1938 was between -0.7 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of marriage June 11, 1960
The temperature on June 11, 1960 was between 10.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
Day of death December 21, 2004
The temperature on December 21, 2004 was between -6.0 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
January 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
July 4 » The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
November 22 » The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
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