The temperature on December 14, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage November 18, 1931
The temperature on November 18, 1931 was between 0.3 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
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