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
January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
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
March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
August 17 » Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
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