The temperature on November 1, 1936 was between 5.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of marriage October 9, 1958
The temperature on October 9, 1958 was between 13.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
Day of death March 12, 2000
The temperature on March 12, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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