The temperature on March 16, 1937 was between -0.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death August 30, 1966
The temperature on August 30, 1966 was between 11.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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