February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
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 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of marriage May 25, 1925
The temperature on May 25, 1925 was between 8.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
Day of death January 28, 1973
The temperature on January 28, 1973 was between 1.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
June 3 » A Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft.
July 21 » In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre.
September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
September 28 » The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
October 14 » In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
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