The temperature on March 23, 1937 was between 1.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
Day of death February 24, 1956
The temperature on February 24, 1956 was between -17.4 °C and -5.7 °C and averaged -11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
March 1 » Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
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