The temperature on May 1, 1960 was between 3.2 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
Day of death May 21, 1986
The temperature on May 21, 1986 was between 10.7 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
March 3 » The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
June 30 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
November 26 » The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
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