The temperature on September 8, 1928 was between 9.6 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of marriage December 18, 1947
The temperature on December 18, 1947 was between -5.0 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
Day of death April 26, 2012
The temperature on April 26, 2012 was between 9.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
June 3 » The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
October 19 » A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
December 12 » North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.
December 14 » Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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