The temperature on August 14, 1928 was between 12.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of death February 16, 1999
The temperature on February 16, 1999 was between 2.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
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