January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
Day of marriage June 14, 1928
The temperature on June 14, 1928 was between 9.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
Day of death May 10, 1973
The temperature on May 10, 1973 was between 4.4 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 24 » Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
May 18 » Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
November 8 » The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
November 17 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
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