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.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage August 12, 1921
The temperature on August 12, 1921 was between 8.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
Day of death April 19, 1984
The temperature on April 19, 1984 was between 1.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
August 1 » Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
September 7 » An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.
October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
November 14 » Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
December 23 » After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
Day of burial April 24, 1984
The temperature on April 24, 1984 was between 4.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
March 29 » The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
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