The temperature on July 5, 1937 was between 10.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death January 6, 2002
The temperature on January 6, 2002 was between -2.8 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
February 27 » Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
March 1 » The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800km (500mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
July 2 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
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