The temperature on August 9, 1937 was between 11.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death April 16, 1991
The temperature on April 16, 1991 was between 3.0 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Crown prince Harald V of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.
June 19 » The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
August 24 » Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
October 8 » Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
December 26 » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
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