January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
Day of marriage April 22, 1925
The temperature on April 22, 1925 was between 0.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
Day of death August 11, 1964
The temperature on August 11, 1964 was between 9.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
December 24 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
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