February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage May 23, 1924
The temperature on May 23, 1924 was between 11.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 16.0 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
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 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
Day of death October 12, 1975
The temperature on October 12, 1975 was between 0.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
October 16 » The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
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