The temperature on March 27, 1912 was between 8.2 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage April 18, 1935
The temperature on April 18, 1935 was between 1.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
Day of death March 12, 1936
The temperature on March 12, 1936 was between -0.3 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
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