The temperature on May 4, 1935 was between 5.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
Day of marriage May 27, 1956
The temperature on May 27, 1956 was between 6.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
May 1 » A doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Day of death February 26, 1989
The temperature on February 26, 1989 was between 3.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
July 20 » Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
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