The temperature on October 16, 1935 was between 12.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of marriage August 23, 1963
The temperature on August 23, 1963 was between 13.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
November 18 » The first push-button telephone goes into service.
Day of death April 9, 1987
The temperature on April 9, 1987 was between 6.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
September 3 » In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
November 1 » British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
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