The temperature on August 20, 1966 was between 14.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
June 30 » The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
Day of death December 24, 2000
The average temperature on December 24, 2000 was 0.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
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