February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of marriage September 19, 1927
The temperature on September 19, 1927 was between 8.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Day of death April 26, 1964
The temperature on April 26, 1964 was between 4.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
December 14 » American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
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