The temperature on December 14, 1928 was between -5.4 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of marriage October 8, 1960
The temperature on October 8, 1960 was between 8.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
Day of death November 17, 1983
The temperature on November 17, 1983 was between -1.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 11 » Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
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