January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of marriage June 13, 1935
The temperature on June 13, 1935 was between 11.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of death January 3, 1959
The temperature on January 3, 1959 was between 0.6 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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