The temperature on February 17, 1912 was between 4.7 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of marriage October 9, 1935
The temperature on October 9, 1935 was between 6.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
Day of death January 15, 2001
The temperature on January 15, 2001 was between -4.8 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
August 25 » American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
September 21 » America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by over 35 network and cable channels, raising over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.
October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
Day of cremation January 19, 2001
The temperature on January 19, 2001 was between -1.3 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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