The temperature on June 26, 1927 was between 7.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of marriage May 18, 1949
The temperature on May 18, 1949 was between 6.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
Day of death June 18, 1997
The temperature on June 18, 1997 was between 5.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
December 1 » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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