July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage July 6, 1978
The temperature on July 6, 1978 was between 10.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
April 27 » The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
Day of death April 2, 1984
The temperature on April 2, 1984 was between 0.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
May 27 » The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
July 28 » Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
September 26 » The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
November 25 » Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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