The temperature on July 31, 1938 was between 11.9 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Day of marriage November 15, 1962
The temperature on November 15, 1962 was between 1.0 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
Day of death March 29, 2013
The temperature on March 29, 2013 was between -3.4 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
February 10 » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
April 19 » Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
July 7 » A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
September 24 » A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
Day of cremation April 6, 2013
The temperature on April 6, 2013 was between -3.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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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