January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of marriage February 26, 1936
The temperature on February 26, 1936 was between 0.1 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
Day of death March 12, 1992
The temperature on March 12, 1992 was between 5.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 18.7 mm of rain during 16.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 17 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
March 22 » Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
April 29 » Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
May 24 » The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
August 30 » The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.
December 21 » A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56.
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