The temperature on September 17, 1959 was between 7.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
Day of death December 22, 2008
The temperature on December 22, 2008 was between 1.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
Day of burial December 24, 2008
The temperature on December 24, 2008 was between 3.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
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