February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage May 10, 1928
The temperature on May 10, 1928 was between -1.0 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death June 14, 1989
The temperature on June 14, 1989 was between 12.7 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
February 19 » Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
November 7 » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
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