The temperature on March 27, 1930 was between 3.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
Day of death August 8, 2001
The temperature on August 8, 2001 was between 13.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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