The temperature on October 22, 1912 was between 3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of death December 23, 1913
The temperature on December 23, 1913 was between -0.6 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
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