The temperature on August 18, 1912 was between 12.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage May 2, 1947
The temperature on May 2, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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