The temperature on August 6, 1961 was between 12.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Day of death July 15, 1992
The temperature on July 15, 1992 was between 8.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
July 31 » The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
December 9 » American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
Day of burial July 20, 1992
The temperature on July 20, 1992 was between 18.9 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 23.3 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
December 6 » The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
December 29 » Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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