The temperature on June 9, 1912 was between 8.7 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Day of marriage April 8, 1931
The temperature on April 8, 1931 was between 0.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
Day of death May 26, 1986
The temperature on May 26, 1986 was between 8.7 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
February 28 » Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
April 25 » Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Day of burial May 28, 1986
The temperature on May 28, 1986 was between 4.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
April 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
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