The temperature on July 8, 1936 was between 12.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death December 16, 1997
The temperature on December 16, 1997 was between -5.9 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
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