The temperature on August 15, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Day of marriage April 28, 1937
The temperature on April 28, 1937 was between 3.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death November 20, 1983
The temperature on November 20, 1983 was between 1.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
July 1 » A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
November 27 » Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
December 5 » Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
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