January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
Day of marriage December 7, 1939
The temperature on December 7, 1939 was between -2.2 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Day of death August 6, 1983
The temperature on August 6, 1983 was between 13.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
December 7 » An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.
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