The temperature on March 18, 1938 was between 5.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of marriage March 18, 1962
The temperature on March 18, 1962 was between -1.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
Day of death July 23, 2017
The temperature on July 23, 2017 was between 13.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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