January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of marriage September 14, 1931
The temperature on September 14, 1931 was between 2.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
Day of death May 17, 1989
The temperature on May 17, 1989 was between 7.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
May 13 » Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
July 17 » Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
August 19 » Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
December 17 » Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
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