The temperature on July 28, 1926 was between 9.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
Day of death December 17, 2001
The temperature on December 17, 2001 was between -5.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 15 » Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
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