March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of marriage May 8, 1923
The temperature on May 8, 1923 was between 9.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
Day of death January 8, 1953
The temperature on January 8, 1953 was between -7.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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