The temperature on April 17, 1935 was between 2.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
Day of marriage October 27, 1960
The temperature on October 27, 1960 was between 6.2 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
Day of death June 18, 2011
The temperature on June 18, 2011 was between 10.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 1 » A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
February 17 » Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin. In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.
March 19 » Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
August 23 » A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200million–$300million USD.
August 23 » Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
September 17 » Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
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