The temperature on May 19, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Day of death December 9, 2004
The temperature on December 9, 2004 was between -3.3 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 8 » A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
November 23 » The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
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