The temperature on December 6, 1926 was between -1.8 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death July 17, 2009
The temperature on July 17, 2009 was between 15.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
June 19 » Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.
December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
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