The temperature on December 21, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage July 2, 1938
The temperature on July 2, 1938 was between 5.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
Day of death January 13, 1977
The temperature on January 13, 1977 was between -1.9 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.
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