The temperature on December 20, 1935 was between -6.1 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
Day of marriage August 19, 1957
The temperature on August 19, 1957 was between 11.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
Day of death December 10, 2003
The temperature on December 10, 2003 was between -7.3 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
July 22 » Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
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