The temperature on January 29, 1938 was between 4.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
Day of death December 2, 2014
The temperature on December 2, 2014 was between -0.1 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 15 » In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
May 11 » Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
May 23 » Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
August 20 » Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
September 28 » The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
November 28 » Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
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