The temperature on January 6, 1936 was between 4.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Day of death January 11, 2001
The temperature on January 11, 2001 was between -1.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
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