The temperature on October 29, 1956 was between 3.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
Day of marriage October 14, 1988
The temperature on October 14, 1988 was between 6.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
May 16 » A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
Day of death December 24, 2007
The temperature on December 24, 2007 was between -0.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 15 » Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
April 3 » Conventional-Train World Speed Record: A French TGV train on the LGV Est high speed line sets an official new world speed record.
June 18 » The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
September 10 » Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
Day of burial December 29, 2007
The temperature on December 29, 2007 was between 4.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 9 » Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
January 19 » Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
July 7 » The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
August 8 » An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
September 6 » Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
October 6 » Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
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