The temperature on September 11, 1959 was between 12.3 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
Day of death May 21, 1998
The temperature on May 21, 1998 was between 8.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
January 25 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
July 17 » The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
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