The temperature on June 1, 1938 was between 14.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
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.
Day of death December 19, 2013
The temperature on December 19, 2013 was between 3.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 18 » Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
August 8 » A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
September 17 » Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
November 19 » A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.
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