January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of marriage January 9, 1920
The temperature on January 9, 1920 was between 0.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). 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.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
Day of death April 26, 1995
The temperature on April 26, 1995 was between 9.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
August 30 » Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
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