The temperature on January 1, 1912 was between 5.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of marriage December 2, 1943
The temperature on December 2, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 11 » The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
Day of death February 23, 1989
The temperature on February 23, 1989 was between 2.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
August 24 » Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
October 3 » A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
November 7 » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
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