The temperature on April 1, 1912 was between 2.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
Day of marriage June 8, 1936
The temperature on June 8, 1936 was between 2.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
Day of death July 7, 2002
The temperature on July 7, 2002 was between 11.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 27 » An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
February 12 » An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
September 4 » The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.
November 6 » Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
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