The temperature on January 20, 1955 was between -9.3 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
Day of death June 7, 2016
The temperature on June 7, 2016 was between 15.3 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
May 23 » Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
July 26 » Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
July 26 » The Sagamihara stabbings occur in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. Nineteen people are killed.
August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
Day of cremation June 11, 2016
The temperature on June 11, 2016 was between 12.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 15 » The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
February 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
February 10 » South Korea decides to stop the operation of the Kaesong joint industrial complex with North Korea in response to the launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4.
March 19 » An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
November 8 » Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP party led NDA government, publicly announced the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes only a few hours before the implementation/imposition of diktat, i.e. from midnight, starting of November 9 (9-11 as per Indian date recordings), from the Indian economy, without popular consent, rendering 86% of Indian currency in circulation invalid.
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