February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Day of marriage March 3, 1923
The temperature on March 3, 1923 was between 1.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
Day of death August 14, 1954
The temperature on August 14, 1954 was between 10.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
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