The temperature on November 19, 1932 was between -0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
July 31 » The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
Day of marriage July 26, 1954
The temperature on July 26, 1954 was between 14.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 16.5 mm of rain during 13.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
Day of death October 25, 1993
The temperature on October 25, 1993 was between 6.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
April 23 » Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
August 28 » The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
October 3 » An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
November 17 » United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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