The temperature on September 16, 1928 was between 7.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
Day of death August 5, 2001
The temperature on August 5, 2001 was between 10.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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