The temperature on April 5, 1935 was between -1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
Day of death May 17, 1997
The temperature on May 17, 1997 was between 15.6 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
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