March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
Day of marriage November 16, 1921
The temperature on November 16, 1921 was between -2.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
Day of death October 19, 1937
The temperature on October 19, 1937 was between 4.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
November 1 » Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
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