The temperature on August 22, 1912 was between 10.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
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.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
Day of death June 19, 2003
The temperature on June 19, 2003 was between 16.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
February 19 » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
March 20 » Invasion of Iraq: In the early hours of the morning, the United States and three other countries (the UK, Australia and Poland) begin military operations in Iraq.
August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
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