The temperature on March 20, 1936 was between 3.0 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death October 30, 1999
The temperature on October 30, 1999 was between 10.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
June 10 » Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
July 16 » John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
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