The temperature on May 17, 1937 was between 5.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
Day of death March 25, 2015
The temperature on March 25, 2015 was between 5.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
February 4 » TransAsia Airways Flight 235 with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing 43 people.
February 20 » Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
May 9 » Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
October 1 » Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
December 2 » San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
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