The temperature on March 7, 1934 was between 2.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death October 11, 2002
The temperature on October 11, 2002 was between 2.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 28 » TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100 crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
February 1 » Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
April 11 » The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
June 10 » The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
November 13 » Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
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