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
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
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
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
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 3 » For the first time in history all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
March 23 » President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
October 17 » Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.
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
January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
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.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
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.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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