May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of death January 24, 1922
The temperature on January 24, 1922 was between -13.3 °C and -5.3 °C and averaged -10.0 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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.
March 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
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