The temperature on June 2, 1926 was between 8.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of marriage May 31, 1947
The temperature on May 31, 1947 was between 15.0 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Day of death October 12, 2001
The temperature on October 12, 2001 was between 8.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
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