February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage May 18, 1942
The temperature on May 18, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
Day of death September 4, 1969
The temperature on September 4, 1969 was between 11.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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