February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of marriage August 4, 1922
The temperature on August 4, 1922 was between 5.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
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.
June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
Day of death December 19, 1945
The temperature on December 19, 1945 was between 5.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 26 » World War II: The Red Army begins encircling the German Fourth Army near Heiligenbeil in East Prussia, which will end in destruction of the 4th Army two months later.
May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
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