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
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
Day of death December 11, 1991
The temperature on December 11, 1991 was between -3.2 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 9 » Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
March 1 » Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the death of more than 25,000 people mostly civilian.
June 25 » Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
August 25 » Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
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