The temperature on May 23, 1912 was between 8.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
Day of marriage June 1, 1950
The temperature on June 1, 1950 was between 6.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
Day of death November 25, 1989
The temperature on November 25, 1989 was between -6.0 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
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 6 » Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
August 18 » Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
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