February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
Day of marriage March 24, 1926
The temperature on March 24, 1926 was between -2.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
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