The temperature on February 25, 1956 was between -15.1 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -9.1 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
November 1 » The Indian states Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Mysore are formally created under the States Reorganisation Act; Kanyakumari district is joined to Tamil Nadu from Kerala.
November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
Day of death February 29, 2000
The temperature on February 29, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
Day of burial March 3, 2000
The temperature on March 3, 2000 was between 3.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Second Chechen War: Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile.
April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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