The temperature on April 18, 1936 was between 3.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
Day of death April 26, 2000
The temperature on April 26, 2000 was between 10.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
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