February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of marriage February 19, 1925
The temperature on February 19, 1925 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
Day of death July 3, 1969
The temperature on July 3, 1969 was between 14.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.
November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
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