The temperature on October 7, 1966 was between 9.2 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
Day of death December 6, 1999
The temperature on December 6, 1999 was between 3.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
May 24 » The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
December 22 » Just after taking off from London Stansted Airport, Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509 crashes into Hatfield Forest near Great Hallingbury, killing all four people on board.
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