The temperature on March 25, 1912 was between 6.2 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage September 22, 1934
The temperature on September 22, 1934 was between 6.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death December 25, 1975
The temperature on December 25, 1975 was between 2.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 4 » Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
April 3 » Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
August 11 » East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
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