The temperature on December 16, 1926 was between 2.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of marriage March 26, 1953
The temperature on March 26, 1953 was between 1.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
Day of death October 17, 1987
The temperature on October 17, 1987 was between 7.6 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
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