The temperature on October 28, 1912 was between 9.8 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death August 24, 1988
The temperature on August 24, 1988 was between 10.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
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