February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of marriage May 7, 1930
The temperature on May 7, 1930 was between 1.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
Day of death July 31, 1985
The temperature on July 31, 1985 was between 11.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 19 » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
October 10 » US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.
November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
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