The temperature on February 20, 1935 was between 2.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
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