The temperature on July 2, 1912 was between 8.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of marriage May 9, 1940
The temperature on May 9, 1940 was between 6.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
Day of death January 6, 2004
The temperature on January 6, 2004 was between 3.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
February 18 » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
March 12 » The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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