The temperature on October 15, 1928 was between -0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of marriage June 25, 1965
The temperature on June 25, 1965 was between 12.4 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
April 28 » United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
December 31 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
Day of death March 27, 1966
The temperature on March 27, 1966 was between 3.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
March 8 » Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb.
April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
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