February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Day of marriage January 19, 1927
The temperature on January 19, 1927 was between -0.2 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
Day of death February 6, 1975
The temperature on February 6, 1975 was between -3.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 27 » Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
June 4 » The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
July 6 » The Comoros declares independence from France.
September 16 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
December 2 » Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Day of burial February 9, 1975
The temperature on February 9, 1975 was between -1.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 21 » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
August 15 » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
October 14 » An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
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