The temperature on January 22, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death September 16, 1988
The temperature on September 16, 1988 was between 11.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
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