January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of marriage April 2, 1925
The temperature on April 2, 1925 was between 1.5 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 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 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
Day of death March 5, 1969
The temperature on March 5, 1969 was between -4.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
Day of burial March 8, 1969
The temperature on March 8, 1969 was between -5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
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