The temperature on December 15, 1937 was between 0.7 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Day of death February 20, 1938
The temperature on February 20, 1938 was between -4.2 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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