The temperature on June 15, 1926 was between 6.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
Day of death October 5, 2000
The temperature on October 5, 2000 was between 8.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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