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 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
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 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
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