January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of marriage May 3, 1926
The temperature on May 3, 1926 was between 5.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
Day of death June 13, 1971
The temperature on June 13, 1971 was between 6.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
May 19 » Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.
November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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