The temperature on October 20, 1912 was between 5.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of marriage May 28, 1937
The temperature on May 28, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Day of death March 5, 1971
The temperature on March 5, 1971 was between -13.9 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 31 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Day of burial March 10, 1971
The temperature on March 10, 1971 was between -2.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
November 22 » In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
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