The temperature on September 3, 1928 was between 6.3 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
Day of death January 19, 1962
The temperature on January 19, 1962 was between 3.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
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