March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of marriage June 9, 1927
The temperature on June 9, 1927 was between 3.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
Day of death February 26, 1958
The temperature on February 26, 1958 was between -6.6 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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