The temperature on March 31, 1962 was between 2.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Day of death March 12, 1999
The temperature on March 12, 1999 was between 3.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
March 27 » Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
April 19 » The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
December 6 » A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
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