The temperature on January 13, 1928 was between 4.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of marriage October 7, 1954
The temperature on October 7, 1954 was between 9.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
Day of death December 24, 2018
The temperature on December 24, 2018 was between 3.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » For the first time in history all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
March 23 » President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
September 20 » At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
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