The temperature on March 23, 1971 was between -1.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
December 20 » The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
Day of death August 29, 1999
The temperature on August 29, 1999 was between 9.1 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
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