The temperature on April 7, 1912 was between 6.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
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.
Day of marriage June 13, 1941
The temperature on June 13, 1941 was between 3.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
January 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
June 1 » The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes.
July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
Day of death May 20, 1995
The temperature on May 20, 1995 was between 1.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 31 » Selena is murdered by her fan club's president Yolanda Saldívar at a Days Inn in Corpus Christi, Texas after accusations of Saldívar embezzling money from Selena's fan club.
April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
May 28 » The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
December 3 » Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
December 7 » The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
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