The temperature on January 29, 1937 was between -8.0 °C and -5.6 °C and averaged -7.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
Day of marriage May 31, 1958
The temperature on May 31, 1958 was between 6.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.
November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
Day of death August 29, 2006
The temperature on August 29, 2006 was between 8.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 8 » Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
July 11 » Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
August 11 » The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
August 23 » Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
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