The temperature on October 6, 1937 was between 8.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death December 24, 2012
The temperature on December 24, 2012 was between 7.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 26 » Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at the age of 17 in Sanford, Florida.
March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
May 20 » At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.
July 30 » A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
November 7 » An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
November 24 » A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
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