The temperature on May 5, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death May 7, 1912
The temperature on May 7, 1912 was between 8.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
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