The temperature on December 20, 1912 was between 0.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
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 death December 20, 1997
The temperature on December 20, 1997 was between 0.2 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
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