April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
Day of marriage June 4, 1924
The temperature on June 4, 1924 was between 3.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of death March 28, 1945
The temperature on March 28, 1945 was between 1.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
May 4 » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
May 6 » World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
July 29 » The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
August 21 » Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
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