The temperature on November 1, 1912 was between 2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
Day of marriage May 14, 1937
The temperature on May 14, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Day of death March 26, 1990
The temperature on March 26, 1990 was between 3.7 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1 » David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
April 9 » Thirteen thousand members of the Dene and Métis tribes sign a land claim agreement for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000sqmi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
September 29 » The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
October 15 » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
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