January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of marriage June 20, 1928
The temperature on June 20, 1928 was between 7.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death August 24, 1933
The temperature on August 24, 1933 was between 8.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
February 10 » In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
July 22 » Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
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