The temperature on September 18, 1912 was between 9.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
Day of marriage October 3, 1935
The temperature on October 3, 1935 was between 7.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
Day of death April 7, 1999
The temperature on April 7, 1999 was between 7.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
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