February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of marriage August 23, 1926
The temperature on August 23, 1926 was between 12.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Day of death May 28, 1952
The temperature on May 28, 1952 was between 4.4 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
December 30 » An RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crashed in Luqa, Malta after an engine failure, killing three crew members and a civilian on the ground.
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