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.
February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
Day of marriage February 4, 1926
The temperature on February 4, 1926 was between 6.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death April 8, 1995
The temperature on April 8, 1995 was between 3.5 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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January 30 » Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
June 29 » The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
August 5 » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
September 6 » Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
October 16 » The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attended.
December 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
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