The temperature on September 22, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of marriage July 3, 1941
The temperature on July 3, 1941 was between 13.5 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
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