The temperature on December 8, 1938 was between 4.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death December 1, 1996
The temperature on December 1, 1996 was between 0.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
May 6 » The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
November 25 » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
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