The temperature on August 5, 1912 was between 10.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
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.
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 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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