The temperature on November 12, 1911 was between 4.4 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
Day of death May 20, 1941
The temperature on May 20, 1941 was between 3.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 18 » World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
March 1 » World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
December 1 » World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
December 23 » World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
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