The temperature on April 21, 1953 was between 2.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
Day of death January 4, 2013
The temperature on January 4, 2013 was between 8.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 25 » At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
April 4 » More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.
May 20 » An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
May 31 » The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
June 30 » Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
September 13 » Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
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