February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of marriage October 28, 1920
The temperature on October 28, 1920 was between -1.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Day of death November 16, 1965
The temperature on November 16, 1965 was between -7.5 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
October 17 » The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
November 16 » Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
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