The temperature on February 21, 1936 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
Day of death February 22, 1936
The temperature on February 22, 1936 was between 4.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
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