The temperature on April 26, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
Day of marriage November 8, 1935
The temperature on November 8, 1935 was between 5.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Day of death November 1, 2001
The temperature on November 1, 2001 was between 3.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
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