The temperature on July 10, 1931 was between 12.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
Day of marriage May 11, 1955
The temperature on May 11, 1955 was between 3.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Day of death February 24, 2008
The temperature on February 24, 2008 was between 8.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
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