The temperature on December 13, 1937 was between -0.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Day of death January 19, 1946
The temperature on January 19, 1946 was between -2.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
February 14 » The Bank of England is nationalized.
April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
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