The temperature on July 6, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Christening day January 1, 1912
The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
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 30, 1978
The temperature on December 30, 1978 was between -10.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
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