The temperature on January 5, 1927 was between -1.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of marriage May 20, 1954
The temperature on May 20, 1954 was between 6.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
Day of death September 8, 2010
The temperature on September 8, 2010 was between 12.3 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
May 12 » Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
May 15 » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
June 11 » The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
November 4 » Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes into Guasimal, Sancti Spíritus. All 68 passengers and crew are killed.
November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.
December 15 » A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
Day of burial September 13, 2010
The temperature on September 13, 2010 was between 7.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
February 27 » An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
March 11 » Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
May 6 » In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
August 5 » Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
September 2 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.
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