The temperature on July 14, 1912 was between 17.4 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 22.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of marriage December 29, 1932
The temperature on December 29, 1932 was between -2.9 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
August 10 » A 5.1 kilograms (11lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of death May 15, 1962
The temperature on May 15, 1962 was between 3.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
December 11 » Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
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