The temperature on October 10, 1938 was between 7.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
Day of death November 13, 1952
The temperature on November 13, 1952 was between 0.5 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
Day of burial November 16, 1952
The temperature on November 16, 1952 was between -0.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
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