February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
Day of marriage April 21, 1927
The temperature on April 21, 1927 was between 8.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death March 7, 1976
The temperature on March 7, 1976 was between -4.1 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
February 9 » Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
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