January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage January 23, 1933
The temperature on January 23, 1933 was between -10.2 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
October 17 » Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
Day of death November 22, 1969
The temperature on November 22, 1969 was between 3.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
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