January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
Day of marriage May 22, 1925
The temperature on May 22, 1925 was between 4.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
Day of death September 29, 1975
The temperature on September 29, 1975 was between 12.1 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 8 » Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
April 8 » Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as major league baseball's first African American manager.
April 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
August 14 » The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
September 28 » The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
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