The temperature on February 25, 1936 was between 0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
Day of marriage September 18, 1958
The temperature on September 18, 1958 was between 9.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
Day of death December 18, 2015
The temperature on December 18, 2015 was between 10.6 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
January 25 » A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines killing 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
May 12 » Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
August 16 » More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
September 14 » The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
December 18 » Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
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