The temperature on August 2, 1957 was between 10.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
Day of death January 25, 2001
The temperature on January 25, 2001 was between 3.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
Day of burial February 9, 2001
The temperature on February 9, 2001 was between -2.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
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