March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Day of marriage May 15, 1922
The temperature on May 15, 1922 was between 3.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
April 15 » U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
Day of death June 4, 1958
The temperature on June 4, 1958 was between 8.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
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