The temperature on October 23, 1912 was between 4.7 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
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.
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
Day of death March 13, 2005
The temperature on March 13, 2005 was between 2.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
September 8 » Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
October 17 » The Colbert Report, an American satirical news television program and talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, premiered on Comedy Central.
October 21 » Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
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