January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of marriage February 3, 1922
The temperature on February 3, 1922 was between -5.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 24.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
Day of death September 27, 1966
The temperature on September 27, 1966 was between 11.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 3 » The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
March 10 » Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.
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