February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of marriage September 4, 1924
The temperature on September 4, 1924 was between 12.4 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Day of death December 22, 1956
The temperature on December 22, 1956 was between 1.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
June 5 » Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
October 8 » The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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