The temperature on July 17, 1936 was between 10.7 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
Day of death February 3, 1975
The temperature on February 3, 1975 was between 1.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
September 14 » The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
October 14 » An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
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