The temperature on June 7, 1928 was between 10.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of marriage October 9, 1947
The temperature on October 9, 1947 was between 9.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Day of death January 8, 1980
The temperature on January 8, 1980 was between -0.4 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
September 17 » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
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