January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of marriage May 29, 1918
The temperature on May 29, 1918 was between 5.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
Day of death August 24, 1939
The temperature on August 24, 1939 was between 15.7 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
December 4 » World War II: HMSNelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
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