The temperature on December 20, 1928 was between -0.6 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
Day of marriage October 30, 1952
The temperature on October 30, 1952 was between 6.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
Day of death October 25, 2010
The average temperature on October 25, 2010 was 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 12 » Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
June 16 » Bhutan becomes the first country to institute a total ban on tobacco.
July 23 » English-Irish boy band One Direction is formed by judge Simon Cowell on The X Factor (British series 7), later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on pop music of the 2010s.
August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
September 19 » The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
November 23 » Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.
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