The temperature on December 25, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
Day of death July 26, 1973
The temperature on July 26, 1973 was between 12.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 22 » The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
July 21 » In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
November 27 » Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35).
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