January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of marriage June 13, 1918
The temperature on June 13, 1918 was between 8.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
Day of death February 5, 1937
The temperature on February 5, 1937 was between 4.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 12.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
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