The temperature on September 26, 1936 was between 8.6 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Day of marriage July 27, 1962
The temperature on July 27, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
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