The temperature on November 1, 1909 was between 6.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Day of marriage December 31, 1931
The temperature on December 31, 1931 was between -11.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death February 12, 1986
The temperature on February 12, 1986 was between -5.5 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
March 27 » A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
April 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
June 14 » The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
August 20 » In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
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