The temperature on October 1, 1912 was between 10.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death May 3, 1927
The temperature on May 3, 1927 was between 6.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
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