The temperature on February 3, 1959 was between -4.9 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
Day of death June 12, 2002
The temperature on June 12, 2002 was between 10.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 20.8 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
January 18 » The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
February 2 » Wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
July 9 » The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization's first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
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