The temperature on May 16, 1928 was between 2.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
Day of death February 7, 1958
The temperature on February 7, 1958 was between -2.3 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.
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