The temperature on February 4, 1912 was between -13.0 °C and -6.3 °C and averaged -10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage September 9, 1940
The temperature on September 9, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 10 » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
December 22 » World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
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