The temperature on June 24, 1912 was between 9.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death April 30, 2001
The temperature on April 30, 2001 was between 8.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
April 11 » The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
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