The temperature on March 20, 1934 was between 4.0 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
January 15 » The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of marriage January 27, 1960
The temperature on January 27, 1960 was between 1.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
Day of death September 13, 2005
The temperature on September 13, 2005 was between 10.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
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