The temperature on January 27, 1937 was between -6.8 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
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.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death May 12, 1965
The temperature on May 12, 1965 was between 1.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
June 18 » Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
July 30 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
September 7 » Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
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