The temperature on June 23, 1926 was between 6.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Day of death January 7, 2018
The temperature on January 7, 2018 was between -1.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » For the first time in history all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
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