The temperature on April 19, 1926 was between 5.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
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.
Day of death July 8, 2012
The temperature on July 8, 2012 was between 15.1 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 19.9 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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.
May 19 » A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
May 30 » Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
July 4 » The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
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