January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of marriage April 27, 1923
The temperature on April 27, 1923 was between -0.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
Day of death June 14, 1971
The temperature on June 14, 1971 was between 6.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 21.3 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
March 8 » The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
Day of burial June 18, 1971
The temperature on June 18, 1971 was between 7.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
August 22 » J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
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