February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of marriage May 17, 1924
The temperature on May 17, 1924 was between 3.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
Day of death March 4, 1967
The temperature on March 4, 1967 was between 2.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 5 » The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
June 7 » Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
June 9 » Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
July 12 » Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
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