The temperature on June 25, 1952 was between 12.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
April 9 » Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
Day of marriage December 14, 1974
The temperature on December 14, 1974 was between 3.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
Day of death May 21, 1975
The temperature on May 21, 1975 was between 6.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 4 » Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
June 5 » The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
September 16 » Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
December 2 » Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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