The temperature on September 29, 1938 was between 14.2 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 19.7 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
Day of death May 2, 2009
The temperature on May 2, 2009 was between 5.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
July 5 » A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
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