January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of marriage December 11, 1923
The temperature on December 11, 1923 was between -2.4 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
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.
November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of death August 17, 1991
The temperature on August 17, 1991 was between 12.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 7 » Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
August 19 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
August 27 » The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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