February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of marriage March 7, 1923
The temperature on March 7, 1923 was between 3.8 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
Day of death June 18, 1957
The temperature on June 18, 1957 was between 15.8 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
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