The temperature on February 11, 1926 was between -1.1 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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).
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of marriage May 11, 1957
The temperature on May 11, 1957 was between 6.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
Day of death March 1, 1999
The temperature on March 1, 1999 was between 4.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 29.9 mm of rain during 13.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
December 31 » The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
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