The temperature on December 2, 1912 was between -1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
Day of marriage November 6, 1943
The temperature on November 6, 1943 was between -4.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
September 11 » World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
September 14 » World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
Day of death February 5, 2000
The temperature on February 5, 2000 was between 6.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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