January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
Day of marriage February 4, 1926
The temperature on February 4, 1926 was between 6.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death August 24, 1993
The temperature on August 24, 1993 was between 7.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1 » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
March 22 » The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
May 5 » Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
September 30 » The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
October 3 » An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
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