The temperature on December 21, 1936 was between -1.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Day of death February 24, 1937
The temperature on February 24, 1937 was between -0.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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