The temperature on January 31, 1912 was between -1.6 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
Day of death April 8, 1983
The temperature on April 8, 1983 was between 1.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 19 » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
December 31 » Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever African American police commissioner.
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