Name: Richard Lawrence Mehr burial place: Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA death date: 5 June 2005 birth date: 30 December 1930 birth place: Kentucky, USA
The temperature on December 30, 1930 was between 3.7 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
Day of marriage March 10, 1958
The temperature on March 10, 1958 was between -6.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
Day of death June 5, 2005
The temperature on June 5, 2005 was between 12.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
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.
September 16 » The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
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