The temperature on February 15, 1937 was between 5.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death June 15, 2012
The temperature on June 15, 2012 was between 11.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 13 » The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
May 30 » Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
June 16 » The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.
October 19 » A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
December 9 » A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
December 14 » Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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