U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, The National Archives at Atlanta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; WWII Draft Registration Cards for North Carolina, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 46 / Ancestry.com
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
Day of marriage December 17, 1934
The temperature on December 17, 1934 was between 5.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
Day of death March 22, 1973
The temperature on March 22, 1973 was between -0.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
July 25 » Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
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