The temperature on January 31, 1936 was between 5.5 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 10.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
Day of death September 21, 2001
The temperature on September 21, 2001 was between 7.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
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