The temperature on June 12, 1895 was about 11.9 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
Day of death July 6, 1963
The temperature on July 6, 1963 was between 13.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
August 8 » The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
October 7 » President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
November 29 » "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
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