The temperature on September 26, 1926 was between 5.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death November 5, 2011
The temperature on November 5, 2011 was between 7.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
February 14 » As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
February 19 » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
March 19 » Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
July 8 » Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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