The temperature on February 8, 1912 was between 4.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Day of marriage August 20, 1941
The temperature on August 20, 1941 was between 8.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
March 29 » The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
September 29 » World War II: German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.
November 12 » World War II: The Soviet cruiserChervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
Day of death November 29, 1961
The temperature on November 29, 1961 was between 1.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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