The temperature on May 31, 1928 was between 10.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of death January 4, 2001
The temperature on January 4, 2001 was between 5.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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