The temperature on August 3, 1912 was between 6.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death February 20, 1962
The temperature on February 20, 1962 was between 3.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
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