The temperature on April 21, 1928 was between -0.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of death November 7, 1977
The temperature on November 7, 1977 was between 10.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
August 17 » The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
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