The temperature on April 25, 1912 was between 6.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
Day of marriage May 20, 1936
The temperature on May 20, 1936 was between 8.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
Day of death July 31, 2000
The temperature on July 31, 2000 was between 11.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
September 20 » The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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