The temperature on December 9, 1926 was between 3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of marriage September 17, 1957
The temperature on September 17, 1957 was between 10.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
Day of death November 8, 2008
The temperature on November 8, 2008 was between 5.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
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.
December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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