February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of marriage October 6, 1924
The temperature on October 6, 1924 was between 8.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Day of death December 1, 1978
The temperature on December 1, 1978 was between -3.4 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
July 1 » The Northern Territory in Australia is granted self-government.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
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