The temperature on August 8, 1926 was between 6.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Day of death June 26, 2008
The temperature on June 26, 2008 was between 11.5 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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