The temperature on February 14, 1928 was between 4.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
Day of death July 3, 1999
The temperature on July 3, 1999 was between 14.0 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
March 29 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
November 12 » The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
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