February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of marriage February 1, 1928
The temperature on February 1, 1928 was between 2.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
Day of death April 17, 1936
The temperature on April 17, 1936 was between 1.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
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