The temperature on March 3, 1929 was between -7.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
Day of death June 30, 2012
The temperature on June 30, 2012 was between 15.1 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
April 11 » A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
June 15 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to successfully tightrope walk directly over Niagara Falls.
July 4 » The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
October 14 » Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
Day of burial July 5, 2012
The temperature on July 5, 2012 was between 15.5 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 11 » A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
June 11 » More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
July 31 » Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
November 13 » A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific
November 21 » At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
December 11 » At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
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