January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
Day of marriage February 21, 1925
The temperature on February 21, 1925 was between -2.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
Day of death April 19, 1963
The temperature on April 19, 1963 was between 2.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 3 » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
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.
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
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.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
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