The temperature on June 20, 1912 was between 13.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
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.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
Day of marriage October 19, 1935
The temperature on October 19, 1935 was between 8.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
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