The temperature on April 21, 1912 was between 6.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
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.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
Day of burial May 8, 1962
The temperature on May 8, 1962 was between 9.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
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