January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
Day of marriage July 18, 1922
The temperature on July 18, 1922 was between 11.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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.
March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.
Day of death October 7, 1964
The temperature on October 7, 1964 was between 8.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
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