February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
Day of marriage February 5, 1927
The temperature on February 5, 1927 was between 0.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Day of death April 30, 1970
The temperature on April 30, 1970 was between 2.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
July 3 » Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
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