March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of marriage August 15, 1921
The temperature on August 15, 1921 was between 9.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death March 2, 1972
The temperature on March 2, 1972 was between 2.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 21 » The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
October 13 » Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. 28 survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
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