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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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