The temperature on February 12, 1926 was between -0.5 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
Day of death December 4, 1993
The temperature on December 4, 1993 was between 3.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
September 21 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.
October 3 » An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
November 1 » The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
December 30 » Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.
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