The temperature on January 31, 1938 was between 0.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of marriage January 21, 1960
The temperature on January 21, 1960 was between -1.5 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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