The temperature on January 21, 1956 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
Day of death October 28, 2013
The temperature on October 28, 2013 was between 10.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
June 11 » Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
August 14 » Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
September 21 » Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
September 29 » Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Nigeria.
October 16 » Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
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