The temperature on January 17, 1912 was between -9.2 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
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.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of marriage June 10, 1939
The temperature on June 10, 1939 was between 5.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
Day of death June 10, 1985
The temperature on June 10, 1985 was between 8.4 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
March 16 » Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.
July 19 » The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
November 19 » Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.
December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.
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