The temperature on March 19, 1937 was between 4.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death May 31, 2018
The temperature on May 31, 2018 was between 16.5 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
July 25 » As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
November 26 » The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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