The temperature on January 26, 1947 was between -8.4 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
Day of marriage January 21, 1972
The temperature on January 21, 1972 was between -3.0 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
April 13 » The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
Day of death September 22, 2017
The temperature on September 22, 2017 was between 5.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
May 31 » U.S. President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe" and quickly becomes a worldwide viral phenomenon.
July 28 » Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
September 7 » Equifax announce a cyber-crime identity theft event potentially impacting approximately 145⁄2 million U.S. consumers.
October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
Day of burial September 28, 2017
The temperature on September 28, 2017 was between 12.7 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
June 5 » Montenegro becomes the 29th member of the NATO.
June 14 » London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
September 20 » Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
December 11 » New York City attempted bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.
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