February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
Day of marriage May 8, 1926
The temperature on May 8, 1926 was between 0.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death November 2, 1971
The temperature on November 2, 1971 was between 9.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
February 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
April 7 » President Richard Nixon announces his decision to quicken the pace of Vietnamization.
October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
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