The temperature on December 21, 1955 was between -0.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
Day of death January 29, 1979
The temperature on January 29, 1979 was between -5.2 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
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