The temperature on March 24, 1938 was between 0.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of marriage June 14, 1967
The temperature on June 14, 1967 was between 7.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
March 26 » Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
August 8 » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
October 9 » A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
November 7 » Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
November 22 » UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
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