The temperature on July 21, 1926 was between 13.9 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death July 12, 1973
The temperature on July 12, 1973 was between 14.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 3 » Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
November 4 » The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
November 16 » Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.
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