February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of marriage July 29, 1920
The temperature on July 29, 1920 was between 9.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
Day of death February 28, 1972
The temperature on February 28, 1972 was between 1.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
June 18 » Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
August 3 » The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
Day of burial March 2, 1972
The temperature on March 2, 1972 was between 2.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
June 16 » The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
July 8 » Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
September 24 » Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
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