March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of marriage November 9, 1935
The temperature on November 9, 1935 was between 4.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Day of death September 29, 1978
The temperature on September 29, 1978 was between 10.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
March 22 » Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
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