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
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
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.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
October 10 » In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
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 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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.
January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
September 4 » In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
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).
December 10 » Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
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