The temperature on November 23, 1912 was between 6.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of marriage January 20, 1940
The temperature on January 20, 1940 was between -16.3 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
Day of death March 26, 1948
The temperature on March 26, 1948 was between -0.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
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