The temperature on May 10, 1926 was between 4.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
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.)
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of marriage April 25, 1957
The temperature on April 25, 1957 was between 5.1 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
Day of death July 19, 2003
The temperature on July 19, 2003 was between 12.8 °C and 31.1 °C and averaged 23.6 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
August 14 » A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
October 4 » The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
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