January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
Day of marriage August 1, 1923
The temperature on August 1, 1923 was between 11.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
Day of death October 3, 1970
The temperature on October 3, 1970 was between 7.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
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