January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of marriage October 18, 1922
The temperature on October 18, 1922 was between 3.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
Day of death August 3, 1990
The temperature on August 3, 1990 was between 17.6 °C and 33.5 °C and averaged 25.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
July 30 » Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
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