The temperature on September 9, 1957 was between 12.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
Day of death December 28, 1994
The temperature on December 28, 1994 was between 10.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 7 » Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
April 14 » In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
August 24 » Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
November 13 » In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
December 3 » The PlayStation developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment was released in Japan
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