February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of marriage November 22, 1927
The temperature on November 22, 1927 was between -5.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of death December 13, 2000
The temperature on December 13, 2000 was between 9.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
November 13 » Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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