The temperature on December 30, 1912 was between 2.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death August 14, 1934
The temperature on August 14, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
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