The temperature on September 17, 1961 was between 12.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
Day of death July 17, 2010
The temperature on July 17, 2010 was between 11.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing between 220,000 and 300,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
February 15 » Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
March 11 » Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
May 19 » The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
May 21 » JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
August 6 » Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
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