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
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.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
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).
January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
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.
January 27 » The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
May 20 » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
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