The temperature on October 7, 1932 was between 1.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
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 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
December 18 » The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
Day of marriage September 14, 1963
The temperature on September 14, 1963 was between 7.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
January 29 » The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
November 9 » At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
Day of death May 13, 1979
The temperature on May 13, 1979 was between 4.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).
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