The temperature on May 21, 1935 was between 5.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of death October 17, 2003
The temperature on October 17, 2003 was between 2.7 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
February 20 » During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
October 9 » Mission: Space opens to the public in Walt Disney World.
November 20 » After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
December 9 » A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
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