The temperature on March 12, 1960 was between 3.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
Day of marriage May 9, 1986
The temperature on May 9, 1986 was between 8.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 19 » Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil farm workers in eastern Sri Lanka.
March 3 » The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
May 25 » The Hands Across America event takes place.
July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
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