The temperature on July 15, 1912 was between 15.4 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
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.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
Day of death July 18, 1964
The temperature on July 18, 1964 was between 17.2 °C and 31.7 °C and averaged 23.7 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
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