The temperature on July 27, 1938 was between 12.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Day of marriage August 27, 1960
The temperature on August 27, 1960 was between 12.5 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
October 29 » In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
Day of death June 4, 2008
The temperature on June 4, 2008 was between 11.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Day of cremation June 9, 2008
The temperature on June 9, 2008 was between 11.5 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
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