The temperature on December 19, 1954 was between 4.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
Day of marriage January 5, 1974
The temperature on January 5, 1974 was between 2.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
March 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
August 5 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Day of death December 29, 2013
The temperature on December 29, 2013 was between 2.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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