The temperature on September 4, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
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.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
Day of marriage May 17, 1938
The temperature on May 17, 1938 was between 10.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
Day of death March 28, 2003
The temperature on March 28, 2003 was between 2.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
January 8 » Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
May 12 » The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
December 17 » SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
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