The temperature on July 7, 1928 was between 6.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
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 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of marriage July 9, 1958
The temperature on July 9, 1958 was between 10.8 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
Day of death December 29, 1989
The temperature on December 29, 1989 was between -0.6 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
July 20 » Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
August 2 » A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
August 22 » Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
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