The temperature on April 26, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage August 1, 1934
The temperature on August 1, 1934 was between 15.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
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