The temperature on July 15, 1926 was between 15.2 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death April 19, 1999
The temperature on April 19, 1999 was between -0.6 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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