February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
Day of marriage April 29, 1922
The temperature on April 29, 1922 was between 1.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
December 6 » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
Day of death April 17, 1934
The temperature on April 17, 1934 was between 12.0 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
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