The temperature on May 9, 1927 was between 7.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of marriage April 13, 1951
The temperature on April 13, 1951 was between 3.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 27 » Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger.
January 31 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.
March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
December 25 » A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.
Day of death August 9, 1985
The temperature on August 9, 1985 was between 14.3 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
August 27 » The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
November 6 » In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
Day of burial August 14, 1985
The temperature on August 14, 1985 was between 13.5 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
August 7 » Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
November 15 » The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
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