The temperature on May 2, 1931 was between 3.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
Day of death February 28, 1998
The temperature on February 28, 1998 was between 0.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
May 13 » India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
May 30 » The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
June 3 » After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
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