The temperature on June 14, 1912 was between 10.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Day of death January 4, 1988
The temperature on January 4, 1988 was between 5.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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