January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of marriage January 4, 1933
The temperature on January 4, 1933 was between 3.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
June 16 » The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution if they establish voluntary wage, price, and working condition regulations on an industry-wide basis.
July 6 » The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Day of death August 15, 1953
The temperature on August 15, 1953 was between 14.9 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 26.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
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