The temperature on July 1, 1961 was between 15.2 °C and 31.5 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
Day of marriage July 29, 1981
The temperature on July 29, 1981 was between 12.5 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
April 27 » Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
June 16 » US President Ronald Reagan awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor, Canada's former ambassador to Iran, for helping six Americans escape from Iran during the hostage crisis of 1979–81; he is the first foreign citizen bestowed the honor.
August 22 » Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
August 24 » Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
Day of death August 31, 1997
The temperature on August 31, 1997 was between 15.7 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
June 13 » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
Day of burial September 6, 1997
The temperature on September 6, 1997 was between 10.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
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