January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of marriage February 24, 1923
The temperature on February 24, 1923 was between -1.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
Day of death April 19, 1961
The temperature on April 19, 1961 was between 3.2 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
May 14 » Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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