The temperature on January 29, 1912 was between -2.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
Day of death March 16, 1975
The temperature on March 16, 1975 was between -0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
August 23 » The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
October 16 » The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
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