The temperature on February 19, 1912 was between 5.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
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