The temperature on September 22, 1911 was between 6.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of marriage November 30, 1937
The temperature on November 30, 1937 was between 1.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
Day of death January 22, 2008
The temperature on January 22, 2008 was between 0.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
December 24 » The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Day of burial January 26, 2008
The temperature on January 26, 2008 was between 6.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.
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