The temperature on August 21, 1957 was between 9.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
Day of death December 22, 1999
The temperature on December 22, 1999 was between -2.2 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
February 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
Day of burial December 30, 1999
The temperature on December 30, 1999 was between 1.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
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