The temperature on July 18, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of marriage February 24, 1960
The temperature on February 24, 1960 was between -1.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
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