The temperature on September 22, 1937 was between 6.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
Day of marriage June 18, 1958
The temperature on June 18, 1958 was between 7.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
Day of death May 8, 1996
The temperature on May 8, 1996 was between 3.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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February 1 » The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
February 16 » A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
November 23 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
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