The temperature on August 9, 1936 was between 11.2 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
Day of death August 24, 1992
The temperature on August 24, 1992 was between 12.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
May 9 » Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
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