February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of marriage July 12, 1919
The temperature on July 12, 1919 was between 8.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of death May 3, 1969
The temperature on May 3, 1969 was between 11.4 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
June 28 » Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
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