February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of marriage November 26, 1921
The temperature on November 26, 1921 was between -5.9 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
Day of death March 7, 1959
The temperature on March 7, 1959 was between 4.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
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