The temperature on May 6, 1953 was between 6.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
Day of marriage December 16, 1977
The temperature on December 16, 1977 was between 1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
January 24 » The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
June 13 » Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
October 6 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
Day of death October 27, 2001
The temperature on October 27, 2001 was between 9.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
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