January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of marriage February 15, 1923
The temperature on February 15, 1923 was between -5.1 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death April 27, 1990
The temperature on April 27, 1990 was between 5.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
August 10 » The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
November 17 » Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
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