The temperature on May 13, 1938 was between 5.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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".
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
Day of death October 14, 2012
The temperature on October 14, 2012 was between 6.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
April 21 » Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
July 31 » Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
September 11 » The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
December 25 » An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
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