January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
Day of marriage May 21, 1928
The temperature on May 21, 1928 was between 6.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death July 11, 1938
The temperature on July 11, 1938 was between 12.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
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