May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of marriage August 3, 1912
The temperature on August 3, 1912 was between 6.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death November 30, 1959
The temperature on November 30, 1959 was between 2.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
Day of burial December 4, 1959
The temperature on December 4, 1959 was between 4.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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