The temperature on December 15, 1929 was between 4.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".
Day of marriage February 25, 1960
The temperature on February 25, 1960 was between 1.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
Day of death August 19, 1996
The temperature on August 19, 1996 was between 13.7 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
February 17 » The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
July 25 » In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
November 21 » Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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