The temperature on November 27, 1936 was between -1.2 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
Day of death December 7, 1936
The temperature on December 7, 1936 was between -2.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
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.
June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
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