The temperature on December 8, 1912 was between 4.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of death May 25, 2001
The temperature on May 25, 2001 was between 7.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (94%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
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