January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of marriage August 11, 1927
The temperature on August 11, 1927 was between 12.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Day of death February 13, 1949
The temperature on February 13, 1949 was between 0.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
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