The temperature on December 12, 1904 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of marriage November 18, 1936
The temperature on November 18, 1936 was between 5.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death July 31, 1979
The temperature on July 31, 1979 was between 13.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
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