The temperature on January 27, 1923 was between 5.0 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
Day of marriage January 14, 1947
The temperature on January 14, 1947 was between 0.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
Day of death September 12, 2009
The temperature on September 12, 2009 was between 8.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
May 25 » North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
September 29 » The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
November 10 » Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.
December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
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