The temperature on January 3, 1912 was between 6.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
Day of marriage July 11, 1937
The temperature on July 11, 1937 was between 9.8 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death December 27, 1958
The temperature on December 27, 1958 was between 4.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
March 26 » The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
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