The temperature on December 20, 1926 was between 1.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of marriage April 29, 1949
The temperature on April 29, 1949 was between 2.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Day of death July 8, 1988
The temperature on July 8, 1988 was between 12.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
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