The temperature on October 18, 1912 was between 2.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of marriage June 24, 1948
The temperature on June 24, 1948 was between 5.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
Day of death March 25, 1974
The temperature on March 25, 1974 was between 4.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
August 30 » A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
November 20 » The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.
Day of burial March 29, 1974
The temperature on March 29, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
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