January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
Day of marriage May 10, 1935
The temperature on May 10, 1935 was between 3.4 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
Day of death March 4, 1986
The temperature on March 4, 1986 was between -8.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 22 » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
March 21 » Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
Day of burial March 8, 1986
The temperature on March 8, 1986 was between -1.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
November 26 » The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
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