The temperature on December 4, 1926 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
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.)
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death October 23, 1995
The temperature on October 23, 1995 was between 1.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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January 1 » The World Trade Organization comes into being.
May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
June 29 » The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
October 16 » The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attended.
November 12 » Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
November 14 » A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
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