The temperature on October 20, 1927 was between 3.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of marriage May 21, 1953
The temperature on May 21, 1953 was between 10.9 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
Day of death November 16, 2016
The temperature on November 16, 2016 was between 9.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The almost completely overcast 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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 19 » An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
April 10 » The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
July 23 » Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
September 19 » In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
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