January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of marriage March 21, 1923
The temperature on March 21, 1923 was between 4.0 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Day of death April 10, 1955
The temperature on April 10, 1955 was between 5.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
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