The temperature on March 30, 1912 was between 6.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
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.
Day of death June 18, 1980
The temperature on June 18, 1980 was between 9.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
September 17 » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
November 20 » Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
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