The temperature on August 9, 1934 was between 13.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
Day of death October 7, 1999
The temperature on October 7, 1999 was between 4.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
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.
Day of burial October 21, 1999
The temperature on October 21, 1999 was between 2.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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