April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage January 26, 1921
The temperature on January 26, 1921 was between 6.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
Day of death February 24, 1975
The temperature on February 24, 1975 was between -2.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
September 16 » Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.
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