The temperature on July 22, 1912 was between 14.2 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 20.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage November 19, 1935
The temperature on November 19, 1935 was between 2.6 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Day of death November 15, 1998
The temperature on November 15, 1998 was between 4.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
May 30 » The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.
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