The temperature on November 1, 1912 was between 2.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
Day of death June 11, 2001
The temperature on June 11, 2001 was between 6.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
Day of burial June 15, 2001
The temperature on June 15, 2001 was between 12.2 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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