The temperature on May 12, 1910 was between 7.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
Day of marriage December 14, 1932
The temperature on December 14, 1932 was between 2.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
Day of death May 6, 2005
The temperature on May 6, 2005 was between 8.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
April 27 » Airbus A380 aircraft had its maiden test flight.
August 3 » President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
August 15 » The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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