The temperature on July 20, 1936 was between 11.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
Day of death April 8, 1995
The temperature on April 8, 1995 was between 3.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
June 5 » The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
July 9 » The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
July 21 » Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
October 6 » The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
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