January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of marriage February 18, 1925
The temperature on February 18, 1925 was between 2.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
Day of death December 20, 1986
The temperature on December 20, 1986 was between 1.8 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
February 7 » Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
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