The temperature on May 22, 1934 was between 11.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of marriage July 5, 1958
The temperature on July 5, 1958 was between 13.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
Day of death December 29, 2000
The temperature on December 29, 2000 was between -1.3 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
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 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
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