April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
September 11 » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of marriage November 4, 1926
The temperature on November 4, 1926 was between 0.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of death November 21, 1964
The temperature on November 21, 1964 was between 7.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 27 » The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
May 9 » Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngô Đình Diệm before the family's toppling, is executed.
June 5 » DSV Alvin is commissioned.
August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
October 16 » China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
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