March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of marriage July 21, 1927
The temperature on July 21, 1927 was between 12.6 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
Day of death September 19, 1969
The temperature on September 19, 1969 was between 5.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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