March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage May 20, 1925
The temperature on May 20, 1925 was between 11.7 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
Day of death June 18, 1943
The temperature on June 18, 1943 was between 5.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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