The temperature on January 8, 1911 was between -0.8 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage September 15, 1953
The temperature on September 15, 1953 was between 9.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
Day of death July 25, 1994
The temperature on July 25, 1994 was between 18.7 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 23.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 4 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
May 10 » Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
October 12 » The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
October 21 » North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
November 19 » In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
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