The temperature on August 10, 1912 was between 6.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of death December 24, 1912
The temperature on December 24, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
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