The temperature on April 8, 1936 was between -0.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
Day of death April 27, 1999
The temperature on April 27, 1999 was between 9.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
April 7 » The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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