The temperature on April 18, 1936 was between 3.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
Day of marriage December 29, 1960
The temperature on December 29, 1960 was between -2.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
Day of death March 28, 2005
The temperature on March 28, 2005 was between 7.7 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
March 16 » Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
April 14 » The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
December 5 » The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
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