May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
Day of marriage August 15, 1917
The temperature on August 15, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
Day of death September 16, 1961
The temperature on September 16, 1961 was between 15.7 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.
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