March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of marriage August 19, 1928
The temperature on August 19, 1928 was between 6.0 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
Day of death December 3, 1959
The temperature on December 3, 1959 was between 5.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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