The temperature on April 10, 1926 was between 6.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of marriage February 17, 1947
The temperature on February 17, 1947 was between -11.3 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
Day of death March 12, 2013
The temperature on March 12, 2013 was between -6.9 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
May 23 » A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
June 27 » NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
July 2 » The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
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.
Day of cremation March 20, 2013
The temperature on March 20, 2013 was between 0.6 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 3 » More than 50 people die in floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
April 9 » At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
April 24 » A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
April 30 » Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
July 18 » The Government of Detroit, with up to $20billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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