The temperature on September 19, 1928 was between 4.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Christening day May 12, 1940
The temperature on May 12, 1940 was between 2.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
Day of death October 20, 2009
The temperature on October 20, 2009 was between 4.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
June 8 » Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
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