January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of marriage October 13, 1926
The temperature on October 13, 1926 was between 10.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.4 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
Day of death May 10, 1962
The temperature on May 10, 1962 was between 7.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 13 » In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.
July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
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