January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of marriage May 12, 1925
The temperature on May 12, 1925 was between 5.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
Day of death June 19, 1970
The temperature on June 19, 1970 was between 12.8 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
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