The temperature on January 15, 1938 was between 7.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
Day of death December 8, 2011
The temperature on December 8, 2011 was between 4.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 1 » After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
April 27 » The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
November 23 » Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
December 31 » NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
Day of burial December 13, 2011
The temperature on December 13, 2011 was between 5.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 1 » A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.
January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
June 1 » A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
September 18 » The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
November 26 » NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
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