The temperature on March 11, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of marriage August 4, 1932
The temperature on August 4, 1932 was between 8.2 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
Day of death June 11, 1992
The temperature on June 11, 1992 was between 10.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
April 29 » Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
August 12 » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
August 30 » The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
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