The temperature on August 6, 1912 was between 7.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
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 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
Day of marriage June 2, 1934
The temperature on June 2, 1934 was between 10.6 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
Day of death November 3, 1939
The temperature on November 3, 1939 was between 3.3 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
January 26 » Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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