The temperature on August 21, 1928 was between 10.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of death June 14, 2004
The temperature on June 14, 2004 was between 6.9 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 11 » Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people.
April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
May 14 » The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
September 30 » The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat itself is retired.
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