The temperature on March 8, 1912 was between 0.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of marriage May 21, 1938
The temperature on May 21, 1938 was between 6.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death November 11, 1987
The temperature on November 11, 1987 was between 6.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 11 » The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
November 25 » Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
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