The temperature on September 23, 1912 was between 4.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Day of death January 29, 1914
The temperature on January 29, 1914 was between 2.1 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
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