The temperature on June 4, 1937 was between 10.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
Day of death February 8, 2015
The temperature on February 8, 2015 was between 3.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 7 » Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others.
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.
February 22 » A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
April 2 » Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
August 26 » Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
December 9 » The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business.
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