The temperature on January 21, 1936 was between 2.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
Day of death June 30, 1981
The temperature on June 30, 1981 was between 8.6 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
April 26 » Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
November 11 » Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.
November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
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