The temperature on May 22, 1928 was between 6.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 26.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
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 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death October 2, 2003
The temperature on October 2, 2003 was between 11.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
July 6 » The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
August 26 » A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
December 17 » The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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