January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Day of marriage April 7, 1923
The temperature on April 7, 1923 was between -0.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
Day of death November 18, 1964
The temperature on November 18, 1964 was between 5.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
July 31 » Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
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