The temperature on July 17, 1961 was between 7.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
Day of death August 9, 2015
The temperature on August 9, 2015 was between 10.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
May 9 » Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
May 12 » Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
June 26 » Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
August 16 » More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
November 5 » An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.
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