January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of marriage May 12, 1922
The temperature on May 12, 1922 was between 1.6 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
Day of death December 4, 1954
The temperature on December 4, 1954 was between 7.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
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