The temperature on May 19, 1928 was between 3.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of marriage May 29, 1956
The temperature on May 29, 1956 was between 13.5 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
Day of death April 4, 2015
The temperature on April 4, 2015 was between 1.8 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
May 18 » At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
June 3 » An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people.
October 31 » Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
November 13 » A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.
November 24 » A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others.
December 4 » A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.
Day of burial April 10, 2015
The temperature on April 10, 2015 was between 2.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 11 » A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
March 4 » At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
June 30 » A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
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 14 » A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
December 4 » A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.
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