The temperature on March 15, 1936 was between 1.6 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
Day of death May 18, 2002
The temperature on May 18, 2002 was between 11.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
April 11 » Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
November 22 » In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest.
November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
Day of burial May 24, 2002
The temperature on May 24, 2002 was between 6.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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