The temperature on January 29, 1936 was between 5.6 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
Day of death December 20, 1938
The temperature on December 20, 1938 was between -15.1 °C and -11.1 °C and averaged -13.4 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
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.
November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
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