The temperature on June 12, 1936 was between 4.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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