The temperature on May 16, 1926 was between 6.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
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 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Day of marriage December 24, 1947
The temperature on December 24, 1947 was between 5.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Day of death March 27, 1992
The temperature on March 27, 1992 was between 1.7 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
April 13 » Basements throughout the Chicago Loop are flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close.
May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
September 16 » The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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