The temperature on March 7, 1935 was between -2.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death April 2, 2003
The temperature on April 2, 2003 was between 3.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 24 » The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
September 27 » The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
November 12 » Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
December 23 » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
December 26 » The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
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