The temperature on May 13, 1933 was between 0.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 4 » Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
March 5 » Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
September 13 » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
Day of marriage December 28, 1968
The temperature on December 28, 1968 was between -5.5 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
Day of death November 21, 2009
The temperature on November 21, 2009 was between 9.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
June 1 » General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
September 30 » The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
December 28 » Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
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