January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage January 22, 1936
The temperature on January 22, 1936 was between 0.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death September 13, 1981
The temperature on September 13, 1981 was between 11.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 28 » Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
June 5 » The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that five people in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
June 7 » The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera.
October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
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