The temperature on February 23, 1934 was between 1.6 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of marriage June 30, 1961
The temperature on June 30, 1961 was between 13.3 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
Day of death January 1, 2000
The temperature on January 1, 2000 was between 3.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after murdering Georgia sheriff's deputy Ricky Kinchen and critically wounding Deputy Aldranon English.
April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
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