The temperature on December 28, 1926 was between -3.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Day of marriage March 26, 1947
The temperature on March 26, 1947 was between 0.3 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
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