The temperature on November 26, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of marriage May 7, 1942
The temperature on May 7, 1942 was between 5.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
February 2 » The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
June 7 » World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory.
July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
Day of death March 26, 1991
The temperature on March 26, 1991 was between 4.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
May 31 » Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
June 26 » Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
October 8 » Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
October 14 » Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
December 16 » Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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