February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of marriage March 10, 1926
The temperature on March 10, 1926 was between 2.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
Day of death September 4, 1970
The temperature on September 4, 1970 was between 11.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
October 10 » Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
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