The temperature on February 24, 1937 was between -0.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of marriage September 7, 1957
The temperature on September 7, 1957 was between 15.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
Day of death June 29, 1982
The temperature on June 29, 1982 was between 12.3 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 30 » Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
July 20 » Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
October 1 » Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
December 3 » A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
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