The temperature on January 24, 1934 was between -5.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
January 15 » The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
Day of death May 15, 2001
The temperature on May 15, 2001 was between 9.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
October 17 » Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Day of burial May 19, 2001
The temperature on May 19, 2001 was between 6.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
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