The temperature on April 2, 1961 was between 4.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain during 15.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
Day of death April 1, 1995
The temperature on April 1, 1995 was between 8.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
October 15 » Saddam Hussein is reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
November 12 » Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
Day of burial April 4, 1995
The temperature on April 4, 1995 was between 1.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (53%). 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 1 » Croatian War of Independence: Croatian forces launch Operation Flash.
May 24 » While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom, Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Harewood, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.
May 28 » The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
August 10 » Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
December 7 » The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
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