The temperature on March 28, 1937 was between -1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of marriage October 9, 1958
The temperature on October 9, 1958 was between 13.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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