The temperature on May 16, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
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 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of death July 6, 2009
The temperature on July 6, 2009 was between 14.9 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
April 9 » In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
April 12 » Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
Day of cremation July 11, 2009
The temperature on July 11, 2009 was between 11.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
January 21 » Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
March 30 » Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
June 28 » Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
July 5 » The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered in England, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.
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