The temperature on March 17, 1928 was between -2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of marriage October 31, 1947
The temperature on October 31, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
Day of death March 4, 2018
The temperature on March 4, 2018 was between -2.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
February 14 » A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
September 20 » At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.
October 17 » Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
Day of burial March 9, 2018
The temperature on March 9, 2018 was between 2.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
September 20 » At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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