January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
Day of marriage November 16, 1923
The temperature on November 16, 1923 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
Day of death December 18, 1991
The temperature on December 18, 1991 was between 4.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
May 21 » Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
July 11 » Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board.
August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
September 8 » The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
November 20 » An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.
Day of burial December 23, 1991
The temperature on December 23, 1991 was between 6.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
May 21 » Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
November 7 » Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
November 14 » American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
December 1 » Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
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