The temperature on March 11, 1926 was between 0.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death February 1, 2001
The temperature on February 1, 2001 was between -1.6 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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May 9 » In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
December 22 » Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
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