March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of marriage February 8, 1922
The temperature on February 8, 1922 was between -12.4 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -7.7 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
Day of death July 4, 1962
The temperature on July 4, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
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