The temperature on July 16, 1936 was between 11.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
Day of death June 8, 2015
The temperature on June 8, 2015 was between 7.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 22 » A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
June 27 » Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
July 20 » A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
August 5 » The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
September 14 » The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
December 7 » The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
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