The temperature on February 19, 1938 was between -2.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Day of death December 4, 1999
The temperature on December 4, 1999 was between 0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
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