The temperature on September 20, 1912 was between 3.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
Day of death January 30, 1913
The temperature on January 30, 1913 was between -1.5 and 2.2 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
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