The temperature on July 17, 1937 was between 11.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
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.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
Day of death March 3, 2008
The temperature on March 3, 2008 was between 1.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
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