The temperature on July 11, 1911 was between 9.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
Day of marriage December 12, 1941
The temperature on December 12, 1941 was between 7.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
December 26 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
Day of death May 6, 1975
The temperature on May 6, 1975 was between 7.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 2 » The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
March 26 » The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
April 21 » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
September 4 » The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
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