The temperature on September 6, 1930 was between 13.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.
Day of death August 7, 1937
The temperature on August 7, 1937 was between 14.6 °C and 31.0 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
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