The temperature on January 21, 1937 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
Day of death May 8, 2007
The temperature on May 8, 2007 was between 8.7 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 15.6 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 1 » Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.
January 17 » The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's nuclear testing.
August 14 » The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people.
September 4 » Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
September 13 » The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
September 27 » NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
Day of burial May 12, 2007
The temperature on May 12, 2007 was between 10.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 10 » A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
June 13 » The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
August 3 » Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
September 29 » Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
November 5 » Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
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