The temperature on November 10, 1927 was between 0.3 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Day of marriage June 21, 1956
The temperature on June 21, 1956 was between 8.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
Day of death May 23, 2011
The temperature on May 23, 2011 was between 10.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
January 8 » The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.
February 19 » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
May 2 » An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
July 30 » Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
Day of burial November 28, 2011
The temperature on November 28, 2011 was between 0.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 21 » Anti government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Five people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. To date, no one has been held accountable for the deaths.
January 25 » The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
May 2 » Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
May 13 » Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
September 7 » A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
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