January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of marriage November 3, 1926
The temperature on November 3, 1926 was between 0.9 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death May 9, 1976
The temperature on May 9, 1976 was between 15.0 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
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