The temperature on April 6, 1912 was between 8.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
Day of marriage May 13, 1937
The temperature on May 13, 1937 was between 8.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death August 6, 1970
The temperature on August 6, 1970 was between 15.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 10 » Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
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