The temperature on April 3, 1938 was between 2.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Day of death November 30, 1959
The temperature on November 30, 1959 was between 2.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
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