January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of marriage August 23, 1930
The temperature on August 23, 1930 was between 8.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
Day of death November 4, 1976
The temperature on November 4, 1976 was between 1.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
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