The temperature on February 8, 1926 was between 0.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
Day of death December 15, 1999
The temperature on December 15, 1999 was between -1.8 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
Day of burial December 18, 1999
The temperature on December 18, 1999 was between -0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
August 9 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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