The temperature on July 24, 1912 was between 13.0 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
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.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
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 death February 24, 2006
The temperature on February 24, 2006 was between -2.7 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 19 » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, kills 65 miners.
May 23 » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
July 1 » The first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway is conducted in China.
August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
August 27 » Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
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