The temperature on May 14, 1928 was between 5.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death May 6, 1965
The temperature on May 6, 1965 was between 8.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
April 28 » United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
June 9 » The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
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