The temperature on December 21, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
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.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage August 17, 1950
The temperature on August 17, 1950 was between 8.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
Day of death February 20, 1994
The temperature on February 20, 1994 was between -8.6 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 5 » Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
April 15 » Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
April 26 » China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
May 7 » Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
May 10 » Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
November 19 » In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
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