The temperature on June 3, 1912 was between 9.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death August 27, 1963
The temperature on August 27, 1963 was between 10.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
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