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.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
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.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage October 25, 1924
The temperature on October 25, 1924 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
Day of death October 26, 1965
The average temperature on October 26, 1965 was 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
March 25 » Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
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