The temperature on January 23, 1931 was between 6.0 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
Day of marriage September 8, 1954
The temperature on September 8, 1954 was between 6.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
Day of death March 27, 2003
The temperature on March 27, 2003 was between 1.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
March 6 » Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
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