The temperature on February 21, 1912 was between -2.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage August 12, 1934
The temperature on August 12, 1934 was between 10.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 37.9 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of death August 30, 2000
The temperature on August 30, 2000 was between 6.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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