The temperature on June 28, 1936 was between 7.5 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
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.
April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
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 burial December 6, 1999
The temperature on December 6, 1999 was between 3.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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