The temperature on February 12, 1959 was between -3.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
Day of death December 13, 2000
The temperature on December 13, 2000 was between 9.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 13 » President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
September 14 » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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