January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage July 9, 1924
The temperature on July 9, 1924 was between 7.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of death May 7, 1943
The temperature on May 7, 1943 was between 3.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
August 15 » World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
November 23 » World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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