The temperature on January 13, 1938 was between 2.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 17.2 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death March 9, 2000
The temperature on March 9, 2000 was between 6.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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