The temperature on June 2, 1912 was between 10.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). 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.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage December 9, 1942
The temperature on December 9, 1942 was between 3.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
Day of death April 21, 1991
The temperature on April 21, 1991 was between -4.8 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 26 » Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
May 31 » Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
August 25 » Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
September 6 » The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
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