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.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Day of marriage August 2, 1922
The temperature on August 2, 1922 was between 8.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
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 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
Day of death August 5, 1978
The temperature on August 5, 1978 was between 10.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
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