The temperature on August 3, 1912 was between 6.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
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.
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