January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage February 26, 1930
The temperature on February 26, 1930 was between 2.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
Day of death April 30, 1963
The temperature on April 30, 1963 was between 6.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
July 26 » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
August 5 » Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
August 8 » Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6million in bank notes.
December 25 » Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
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