January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
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.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
Day of marriage July 31, 1930
The temperature on July 31, 1930 was between 9.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
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