The temperature on November 9, 1936 was between 4.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Day of death July 20, 2000
The temperature on July 20, 2000 was between 9.1 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 13 » Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
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