April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of marriage March 22, 1934
The temperature on March 22, 1934 was between 1.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
Day of death February 26, 1968
The temperature on February 26, 1968 was between -6.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
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