The temperature on August 12, 1936 was between 13.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
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