March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage November 8, 1939
The temperature on November 8, 1939 was between 10.4 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
Day of death September 23, 1964
The temperature on September 23, 1964 was between 5.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
August 7 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.
October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
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