The temperature on September 21, 1955 was between 7.1 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
Day of marriage August 18, 1978
The temperature on August 18, 1978 was between 7.2 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
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