February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
Day of marriage June 8, 1929
The temperature on June 8, 1929 was between 5.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
Day of death September 23, 1973
The temperature on September 23, 1973 was between 6.1 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
May 14 » Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
July 29 » Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.
October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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