The temperature on April 5, 1953 was between 1.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
Day of death November 2, 2000
The temperature on November 2, 2000 was between 5.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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