March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of marriage May 16, 1922
The temperature on May 16, 1922 was between 2.3 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
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.
April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
Day of death February 9, 1978
The temperature on February 9, 1978 was between -5.5 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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