May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of marriage November 3, 1926
The temperature on November 3, 1926 was between 1.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death September 21, 1979
The temperature on September 21, 1979 was between 5.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ⁄2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
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