The temperature on December 24, 1927 was between 1.2 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of marriage October 21, 1950
The temperature on October 21, 1950 was between 4.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
Day of death May 20, 1989
The temperature on May 20, 1989 was between 13.1 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 24 » Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
Day of burial May 24, 1989
The temperature on May 24, 1989 was between 12.0 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
June 4 » Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
December 15 » Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
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