August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of marriage May 16, 1923
The temperature on May 16, 1923 was between 4.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
Day of death March 22, 2003
The temperature on March 22, 2003 was between -2.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 16 » The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
March 16 » American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah trying to obstruct the demolition of a home by being run over by a bulldozer.
March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
November 20 » After the November 15 bombings, a second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurs in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish head office of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
December 26 » The 6.6 Mw Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
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