The temperature on May 7, 1938 was between -0.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
Day of death August 19, 1998
The temperature on August 19, 1998 was between 7.5 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
Day of cremation August 24, 1998
The temperature on August 24, 1998 was between 11.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
August 20 » U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
December 8 » Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
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