The temperature on May 31, 1929 was between 5.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
Day of marriage January 21, 1956
The temperature on January 21, 1956 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
Day of death May 17, 2015
The temperature on May 17, 2015 was between 6.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 1 » The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
February 24 » A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
June 30 » A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
July 27 » At least seven people are killed and many injured after gunmen attack an Indian police station in Punjab.
October 31 » Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
November 12 » Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
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