January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Day of marriage February 27, 1919
The temperature on February 27, 1919 was between 0.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
Day of death May 4, 1969
The temperature on May 4, 1969 was between 11.7 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 18.3 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
March 16 » A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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