May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
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.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of marriage May 8, 1920
The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
Day of death August 15, 1975
The temperature on August 15, 1975 was between 15.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 27 » Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.
Day of burial August 16, 1975
The temperature on August 16, 1975 was between 15.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
March 6 » For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
July 15 » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
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