January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of marriage April 26, 1923
The temperature on April 26, 1923 was between 7.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
Day of death March 30, 2002
The temperature on March 30, 2002 was between 1.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
May 28 » The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
July 2 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
November 28 » Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
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