The temperature on December 26, 1928 was between 4.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
Day of death November 27, 1998
The temperature on November 27, 1998 was between 3.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
January 1 » Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
March 31 » Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
May 6 » Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
October 31 » Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
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