January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
April 18 » The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
Day of marriage October 24, 1923
The temperature on October 24, 1923 was between 7.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
Day of death December 21, 1978
The average temperature on December 21, 1978 was -1.5 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
September 16 » The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
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