The temperature on September 22, 1938 was between 13.4 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
Day of death August 17, 2018
The temperature on August 17, 2018 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state.
February 14 » A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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