The temperature on August 25, 1912 was between 13.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death August 15, 1955
The temperature on August 15, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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