The temperature on February 7, 1928 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
Day of marriage October 7, 1961
The temperature on October 7, 1961 was between 8.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
Day of death May 1, 1987
The temperature on May 1, 1987 was between 11.4 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
March 6 » The British ferry MSHerald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
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