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
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
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
February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
September 14 » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
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