The temperature on March 17, 1938 was between 6.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. 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.
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
Day of death June 2, 2008
The temperature on June 2, 2008 was between 14.5 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
April 20 » Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
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