The temperature on October 17, 1938 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of marriage June 4, 1966
The temperature on June 4, 1966 was between 8.2 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
Day of death October 25, 2011
The temperature on October 25, 2011 was between 8.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 14 » As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
April 24 » WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
July 21 » NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
August 23 » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200million–$300million USD.
December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
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