The temperature on February 9, 1937 was between 2.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death April 18, 2001
The temperature on April 18, 2001 was between 2.2 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
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