The temperature on October 21, 1912 was between 4.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
Day of marriage April 30, 1938
The temperature on April 30, 1938 was between 1.7 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
Day of death October 26, 2001
The temperature on October 26, 2001 was between 10.7 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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