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
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
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.
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.
October 10 » Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.
October 14 » A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
October 29 » China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.
December 4 » A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.
December 7 » The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
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