The temperature on August 9, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 24.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of marriage October 20, 1936
The temperature on October 20, 1936 was between 3.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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