The temperature on January 31, 1912 was between -1.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death November 1, 1917
The temperature on November 1, 1917 was between 1.6 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
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