January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Day of marriage September 5, 1918
The temperature on September 5, 1918 was between 9.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.
December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
Day of death June 25, 1959
The temperature on June 25, 1959 was between 14.2 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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