February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of marriage April 11, 1929
The temperature on April 11, 1929 was between 0.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
August 11 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Day of death January 15, 1990
The temperature on January 15, 1990 was between 2.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
April 7 » Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
Day of burial January 22, 1990
The temperature on January 22, 1990 was between 7.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
March 20 » Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
July 21 » Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
August 28 » An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
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