The temperature on May 6, 1926 was between 2.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of death January 6, 1970
The temperature on January 6, 1970 was between -3.7 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
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