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9 unusual facts about Coordinated universal time


2009 California mid-air collision

At 19:10 local time on 29 October 2009 (02:10 on 30 October UTC), a Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft of the United States Coast Guard was involved in a mid-air collision with a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter of the United States Marine Corps.

2009 Lakanal House tower block fire

At 16:20 BST (15:20 UTC) on 3 July 2009, a fire broke out in one of the flats of Lakanal House.

Apollo 11 missing tapes

The converted video of the moonwalk was broadcast live around the world on July 21, 1969 (UTC).

BRL-CAD

The BRL-CAD source code repository is believed to be the oldest public version-controlled codebase in the world that's still under active development, dating back to 1983-12-16 00:10:31 UTC.

Midway Atoll

Unique among the Hawaiian islands, Midway observes UTC-11 (also known as Samoa Time), eleven hours behind Coordinated Universal Time and one hour behind the state of Hawaii.

Mike Coolbaugh

Coolbaugh was pronounced dead at 9:47 pm CDT (0247 UTC, 23 July), less than an hour after being struck with the line drive.

MV Hyundai Fortune

Around 1235 UTC, an explosion of unknown origin occurred below deck, aft of the accommodation, causing 60 to 90 containers to fall into the ocean.

Sun Way Flight 4412

Sun Way Flight 4412 departed Jinnah International Airport at 01:48 local time (20:48 UTC, 27 November) bound for Khartoum International Airport.

Time in Peru

Peru Time (PET) is always 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-5:00).


1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake

The 1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake occurred at about 07:49 local time (01:49 UTC) on 31 December, with an epicentre beneath Car Nicobar.

1949 Karlıova earthquake

The 1949 Karlıova earthquake occurred at 18:43 UTC on 17 August with an epicenter near Karlıova in Bingöl Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.

1956 Anjar earthquake

The 1956 Anjar earthquake occurred at 15:32 UTC on 21 July, which caused maximum damage in town of Anjar in Kutch, Gujarat, India.

2010 Madeira floods and mudslides

Between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (and UTC), 108 mm (4¼ inches) of rain was recorded at Funchal weather station and 165 mm (6½ inches) of rain at the weather station on Pico do Arieiro.

2010 Pacific hurricane season

:*5:00 a.m. PDT (1200 UTC) – Tropical Depression One-E develops out of a broad area of low pressure roughly 295 mi (475 km) west of San Salvador, El Salvador.

2011 Lorca earthquake

Centred at a very shallow depth of 1 km (0.6 mi) near the town of Lorca, it occurred at 18:47 CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, causing panic among locals and displacing many from their homes.

Anywhere on Earth

Note that the day's end AOE occurs at noon Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of the following day, Howland Island being halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian that is the base reference longitude for UTC.

BILSAT-1

BILSAT-1 was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132/1, Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia by a Kosmos-3M space launch vehicle on September 27, 2003 at 06:12 UTC in a multiple-satellite payload launch along with six other satellites, namely Mozhayets-4 and Larets of Russia, NigeriaSat-1 of Nigeria, UK-DMC from the United Kingdom, South Korean STSAT-1 and Germany's Rubin 4-DS.

Genesis I

Genesis I was launched on 12 July 2006 at 14:53:30 UTC aboard an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket, launched from Dombarovskiy missile base near Yasniy, Russia.

Meteorological history of Hurricane Dean

The storm's strengthening pattern continued until Hurricane Dean made its second and final landfall at 1630 UTC August 22 near Tecolutla, Veracruz, just east of Gutiérrez Zamora and about 40 mi (65 km) south-southeast of Tuxpan.

Timeline of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season

1800 UTC (2:00 p.m. EDT) – Tropical Depression One develops roughly halfway between Limón, Honduras and Cape San Antonio, Cuba.


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