The temperature on October 15, 1928 was between -0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of marriage March 20, 1957
The temperature on March 20, 1957 was between 7.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Day of death December 8, 2013
The temperature on December 8, 2013 was between 6.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 13 » The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
May 11 » Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
August 19 » The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
November 19 » A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.
Day of cremation December 13, 2013
The temperature on December 13, 2013 was between -0.2 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 8 » A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
May 13 » American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
July 7 » A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
August 8 » A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
December 9 » At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
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