The temperature on May 13, 1912 was between 3.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of marriage September 27, 1940
The temperature on September 27, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
Day of death May 11, 1973
The temperature on May 11, 1973 was between 2.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
August 22 » The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 21 » Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
December 21 » The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
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