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
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
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 15 » World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.
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.
January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
February 2 » Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
December 1 » Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
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