The temperature on December 28, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death April 25, 1927
The temperature on April 25, 1927 was between 5.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
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