The temperature on July 17, 1912 was between 13.3 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death November 23, 1916
The temperature on November 23, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
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