The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death August 15, 1987
The temperature on August 15, 1987 was between 13.6 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
April 11 » The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
December 7 » Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
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