The temperature on March 2, 1912 was between 8.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of marriage February 16, 1938
The temperature on February 16, 1938 was between -2.9 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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