January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of marriage September 1, 1928
The temperature on September 1, 1928 was between 6.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
Day of death December 7, 1954
The temperature on December 7, 1954 was between -3.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
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