The temperature on August 23, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 27.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
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.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of marriage June 26, 1942
The temperature on June 26, 1942 was between 7.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
Day of death January 6, 1975
The temperature on January 6, 1975 was between 7.4 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
March 6 » Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
March 27 » Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
September 24 » Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.
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