The temperature on June 28, 1912 was between 11.2 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
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.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
Day of death February 27, 1956
The temperature on February 27, 1956 was between -2.1 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
November 2 » Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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