The temperature on December 20, 1932 was between 4.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
December 18 » The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
Day of death April 1, 1979
The temperature on April 1, 1979 was between 5.0 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 16 » The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
February 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
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