The temperature on September 20, 1912 was between 4.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Day of marriage June 20, 1935
The temperature on June 20, 1935 was between 10.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain during 17.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death March 12, 1974
The average temperature on March 12, 1974 was 5.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
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