The temperature on May 31, 1936 was between 2.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Day of death December 11, 1937
The temperature on December 11, 1937 was between -1.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
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