The temperature on October 12, 1912 was between -3.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death November 3, 1956
The temperature on November 3, 1956 was between 6.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
July 16 » Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
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