The temperature on February 15, 1912 was between -0.7 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Day of marriage December 10, 1940
The temperature on December 10, 1940 was between 2.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
June 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
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