The temperature on March 28, 1926 was between 0.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of marriage June 5, 1957
The temperature on June 5, 1957 was between 8.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
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.
Day of death February 5, 2014
The temperature on February 5, 2014 was between 4.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 14 » Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
May 11 » Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
October 1 » A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.
December 28 » Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
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