The temperature on February 18, 1938 was between -1.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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).
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
Day of death January 18, 1979
The temperature on January 18, 1979 was between -5.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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