The temperature on May 23, 1937 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of marriage January 17, 1959
The temperature on January 17, 1959 was between -7.6 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
Day of death July 24, 2012
The temperature on July 24, 2012 was between 10.7 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
April 16 » The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
June 26 » The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
July 12 » A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
July 18 » At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.
August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
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