The temperature on February 11, 1926 was between -1.3 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of marriage April 24, 1947
The temperature on April 24, 1947 was between 7.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
Day of death October 14, 2012
The temperature on October 14, 2012 was between 6.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
August 11 » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
October 14 » Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
November 13 » A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific
November 14 » Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
December 11 » At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
Day of burial October 18, 2012
The temperature on October 18, 2012 was between 13.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
April 6 » Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.
May 9 » A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashes into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.
June 22 » Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.
November 21 » At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
December 14 » Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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