The temperature on July 28, 1912 was between 12.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
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June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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