February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of marriage April 6, 1922
The temperature on April 6, 1922 was between -2.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
September 11 » The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
Day of death September 17, 1968
The temperature on September 17, 1968 was between 10.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
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