February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Day of marriage August 31, 1926
The temperature on August 31, 1926 was between 15.0 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
Day of death December 13, 1990
The temperature on December 13, 1990 was between 3.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
July 1 » German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
Day of burial December 17, 1990
The temperature on December 17, 1990 was between -1.0 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 12 » A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
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