The temperature on April 25, 1926 was between 7.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
Day of death January 3, 1976
The temperature on January 3, 1976 was between 2.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
August 7 » Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
August 12 » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
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