The temperature on February 20, 1912 was between 6.1 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of death February 15, 1968
The temperature on February 15, 1968 was between 0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
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