The temperature on May 24, 1912 was between 7.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death May 3, 1998
The temperature on May 3, 1998 was between 7.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
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