The temperature on February 14, 1926 was between 0.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of marriage July 31, 1952
The temperature on July 31, 1952 was between 12.5 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 15 » King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
Day of death September 2, 2005
The temperature on September 2, 2005 was between 14.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 25 » A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
May 10 » A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 60 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
July 21 » July 2005 London bombings occur.
October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
December 24 » Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
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