The temperature on May 23, 1937 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of marriage February 16, 1962
The temperature on February 16, 1962 was between 4.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Day of death December 23, 2008
The temperature on December 23, 2008 was between 1.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
Day of burial December 29, 2008
The temperature on December 29, 2008 was between -5.8 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
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