The temperature on September 1, 1977 was between 10.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
January 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
May 18 » Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
Day of death January 17, 2018
The temperature on January 17, 2018 was between 2.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 23 » President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
May 25 » Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
Day of burial January 29, 2018
The temperature on January 29, 2018 was between 4.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
February 14 » A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
March 23 » President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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