The temperature on April 26, 1932 was between 3.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
Day of marriage August 17, 1961
The temperature on August 17, 1961 was between 11.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
Day of death October 19, 1995
The temperature on October 19, 1995 was between 10.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
January 25 » The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
May 1 » Croatian War of Independence: Croatian forces launch Operation Flash.
July 25 » A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
October 9 » An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
Day of burial October 24, 1995
The temperature on October 24, 1995 was between 9.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
March 14 » Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
March 22 » Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
July 21 » Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
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