February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of marriage June 21, 1921
The temperature on June 21, 1921 was between 7.9 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
Day of death September 23, 1966
The temperature on September 23, 1966 was between 5.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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