March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of marriage July 3, 1924
The temperature on July 3, 1924 was between 10.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Day of death December 7, 1947
The temperature on December 7, 1947 was between 0.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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