March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
Christening day October 8, 1900
The temperature on October 8, 1900 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
Day of marriage November 5, 1926
The temperature on November 5, 1926 was between 2.9 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
Day of death September 7, 1999
The temperature on September 7, 1999 was between 13.2 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
April 19 » The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
June 10 » Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
Day of burial September 11, 1999
The temperature on September 11, 1999 was between 16.1 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
August 17 » The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
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