The temperature on June 8, 1928 was between 10.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
Day of marriage September 24, 1952
The temperature on September 24, 1952 was between 13.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
April 9 » Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
Day of death April 24, 2015
The temperature on April 24, 2015 was between 1.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 17 » Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
March 27 » Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
May 19 » The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
October 1 » Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
November 21 » The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
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