January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
Day of marriage October 30, 1919
The temperature on October 30, 1919 was between -2.7 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
Day of death September 24, 1975
The temperature on September 24, 1975 was between 13.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
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