The temperature on October 1, 1926 was between 3.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death May 29, 2018
The temperature on May 29, 2018 was between 18.0 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 22.1 °C. There was 14.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
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.
October 17 » Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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