The temperature on August 7, 1947 was between 11.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage December 24, 1969
The temperature on December 24, 1969 was between 1.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USSEnterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
Day of death June 26, 2015
The temperature on June 26, 2015 was between 13.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily 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.
January 3 » Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
February 11 » A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
February 17 » Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
February 24 » A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
July 20 » A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
November 24 » A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others.
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