March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of marriage April 23, 1924
The temperature on April 23, 1924 was between -0.4 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Day of death December 19, 1956
The temperature on December 19, 1956 was between 2.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
September 9 » Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
October 19 » The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, officially ending the state of war between the two countries that had existed since August 1945.
November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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