The temperature on March 7, 1928 was between 2.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
Day of marriage March 31, 1949
The temperature on March 31, 1949 was between 2.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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).
March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Day of death February 21, 1983
The temperature on February 21, 1983 was between -3.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
September 23 » Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
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