The temperature on March 1, 1936 was between -0.1 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
Day of death March 25, 1989
The temperature on March 25, 1989 was between 1.4 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
June 16 » Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
July 20 » Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
November 13 » Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
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