The temperature on November 14, 1938 was between 12.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Day of marriage August 20, 1964
The temperature on August 20, 1964 was between 6.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
February 17 » Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
Day of death July 20, 2018
The temperature on July 20, 2018 was between 10.5 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state.
March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
March 23 » President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
October 17 » Kerch Polytechnic College attack in Crimea.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
Day of burial July 25, 2018
The temperature on July 25, 2018 was between 18.3 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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