January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Day of marriage December 2, 1914
The temperature on December 2, 1914 was between 5.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death May 2, 1958
The temperature on May 2, 1958 was between 5.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
May 13 » Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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