The temperature on May 15, 1928 was between 4.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
Day of death September 8, 1999
The temperature on September 8, 1999 was between 12.1 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
November 26 » The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
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