January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of marriage January 22, 1931
The temperature on January 22, 1931 was between 2.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
Day of death March 2, 1965
The temperature on March 2, 1965 was between -5.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
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