April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
Day of marriage May 31, 1923
The temperature on May 31, 1923 was between 8.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
Day of death August 24, 1963
The temperature on August 24, 1963 was between 12.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
September 25 » Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
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