January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
Day of marriage November 20, 1929
The temperature on November 20, 1929 was between 2.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
December 19 » The Indian National Congress promulgates the Purna Swaraj (the Declaration of the Independence of India).
Day of death July 9, 1963
The temperature on July 9, 1963 was between 11.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
January 22 » The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
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