The temperature on March 13, 1956 was between -4.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
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).
October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
Day of death March 22, 1996
The temperature on March 22, 1996 was between 6.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °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 south. 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.
January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
April 28 » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
May 21 » The ferry MVBukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.
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