The temperature on March 16, 1961 was between 1.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
Day of death May 23, 2015
The temperature on May 23, 2015 was between 6.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 24 » A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
May 12 » A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
May 18 » At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
June 26 » Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
October 1 » A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
December 18 » Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
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