The temperature on February 2, 1931 was between 0.7 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
Day of marriage June 14, 1956
The temperature on June 14, 1956 was between 5.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
November 12 » Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
Day of death March 20, 1989
The temperature on March 20, 1989 was between 2.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 2 » Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
August 8 » Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
December 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
December 20 » The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
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