The temperature on July 13, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
Day of death April 2, 1999
The temperature on April 2, 1999 was between 8.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
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