The temperature on January 20, 1912 was between -2.4 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death August 5, 2001
The temperature on August 5, 2001 was between 10.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
May 9 » In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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