The temperature on May 31, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
Day of marriage July 21, 1937
The temperature on July 21, 1937 was between 13.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
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