The temperature on June 26, 1912 was between 11.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
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.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
Day of death February 7, 1999
The temperature on February 7, 1999 was between -1.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 23 » NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
December 20 » Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
Day of burial February 11, 1999
The temperature on February 11, 1999 was between -6.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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