June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage May 5, 1934
The temperature on May 5, 1934 was between 8.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
Day of death August 2, 1992
The temperature on August 2, 1992 was between 14.4 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
November 16 » The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
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