The temperature on September 8, 1912 was between 7.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death August 16, 1988
The temperature on August 16, 1988 was between 8.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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