Schaal van Beaufort
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De schaal van Beaufort is een systeem voor het classificeren van de snelheid van de wind, de zogenaamde windkracht. De schaal werd in 1805 opgesteld door de Ier Francis Beaufort.
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen1983
The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.
1981
Rhodesian Bush War: Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army cadres in Gwelo attacked Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army troops, killing over 60 of them and starting the 1981 Entumbane uprising.
1979
Denis Sassou Nguesso (pictured) was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power.
1968
Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.
1965
After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.
1960
The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.
1948
The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1924
Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.
1910
William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
1879
Angered by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia.