The temperature on July 29, 1911 was between 17.9 °C and 32.1 °C and averaged 25.7 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of death March 6, 1998
The temperature on March 6, 1998 was between 4.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 35.3 mm of rain during 19.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
April 5 » In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
November 19 » Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
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