The temperature on November 19, 1938 was between 4.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
Day of death June 13, 1962
The temperature on June 13, 1962 was between 9.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
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