The temperature on January 3, 1928 was between -3.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of marriage September 22, 1949
The temperature on September 22, 1949 was between 9.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
Day of death August 2, 1996
The temperature on August 2, 1996 was between 8.8 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
September 7 » Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He succumbs to his injuries six days later.
November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.
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