The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.4 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
Day of death August 29, 1992
The temperature on August 29, 1992 was between 10.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
April 12 » The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.
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