January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage December 12, 1923
The temperature on December 12, 1923 was between -4.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
Day of death July 20, 1964
The temperature on July 20, 1964 was between 12.6 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
October 16 » China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
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