The temperature on October 19, 1932 was between 5.6 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
Day of death January 5, 2000
The temperature on January 5, 2000 was between 1.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 5 » The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
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