The temperature on July 9, 1938 was between 10.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
Day of death December 11, 2005
The temperature on December 11, 2005 was between 0.1 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » The nuclear sub USSSan Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
April 9 » Charles, Prince of Wales marries Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at Windsor's Guildhall.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
September 26 » The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
Day of burial December 15, 2005
The temperature on December 15, 2005 was between 6.2 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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