The temperature on May 18, 1936 was between 10.6 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Day of death March 25, 2008
The temperature on March 25, 2008 was between -2.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
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