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
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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.
May 13 » Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 10 » Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
December 15 » A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
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