The temperature on March 27, 1937 was between -1.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of marriage November 3, 1959
The temperature on November 3, 1959 was between 3.0 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
Day of death December 26, 2000
The temperature on December 26, 2000 was between -4.6 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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