The temperature on December 5, 1937 was between -0.2 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 12.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death August 25, 1998
The temperature on August 25, 1998 was between 10.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
July 10 » Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
July 24 » Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
August 28 » Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
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