January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
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 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of marriage July 1, 1922
The temperature on July 1, 1922 was between 9.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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.
April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
October 29 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
Day of death February 12, 1947
The temperature on February 12, 1947 was between -8.0 °C and -6.2 °C and averaged -7.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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