The temperature on May 15, 1924 was between 12.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
Day of death May 11, 1999
The temperature on May 11, 1999 was between 11.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
Day of burial May 17, 1999
The temperature on May 17, 1999 was between 8.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
May 1 » The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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