The temperature on February 27, 1912 was between 8.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of marriage August 7, 1947
The temperature on August 7, 1947 was between 11.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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