May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
Day of marriage February 20, 1918
The temperature on February 20, 1918 was between -5.5 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
Day of death April 22, 1962
The temperature on April 22, 1962 was between 6.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
October 14 » The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba.
November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
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