The temperature on February 17, 1938 was between -2.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death February 7, 1999
The temperature on February 7, 1999 was between -1.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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