The temperature on March 5, 1961 was between -1.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
Day of death May 9, 2005
The temperature on May 9, 2005 was between 4.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 9 » The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
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