The temperature on December 4, 1938 was between -0.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Day of death January 6, 1954
The temperature on January 6, 1954 was between -8.2 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
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