The temperature on May 24, 1936 was between 8.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
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