The temperature on October 2, 1912 was between 3.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
Day of marriage April 11, 1934
The temperature on April 11, 1934 was between 2.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death December 15, 1998
The temperature on December 15, 1998 was between 7.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
January 12 » Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
March 24 » A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
Day of burial December 17, 1998
The temperature on December 17, 1998 was between 3.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
October 12 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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