The temperature on July 25, 1953 was between 11.2 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
Day of marriage May 13, 1977
The temperature on May 13, 1977 was between 6.2 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 15.3 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
Day of death July 16, 1987
The temperature on July 16, 1987 was between 16.2 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 36.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
May 17 » Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSStark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
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.
December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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