March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage May 28, 1914
The temperature on May 28, 1914 was between 5.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
Day of death July 19, 1969
The temperature on July 19, 1969 was between 8.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
August 10 » A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
October 9 » In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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