The temperature on March 22, 1912 was between 6.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death March 7, 1975
The temperature on March 7, 1975 was between 5.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
August 23 » The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
September 28 » The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
October 10 » Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
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