February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of marriage November 27, 1935
The temperature on November 27, 1935 was between 2.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
October 10 » In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Day of death May 15, 1960
The temperature on May 15, 1960 was between 11.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
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