The temperature on August 7, 1923 was between 9.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
Day of marriage January 21, 1959
The temperature on January 21, 1959 was between 5.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
Day of death June 8, 1988
The temperature on June 8, 1988 was between 9.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
June 1 » European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
June 12 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
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