April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of marriage December 26, 1923
The temperature on December 26, 1923 was between -9.7 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -4.0 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
Day of death March 27, 1980
The temperature on March 27, 1980 was between 5.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
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