The temperature on January 28, 1924 was between -1.0 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of marriage September 23, 1947
The temperature on September 23, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
Day of death September 9, 1959
The temperature on September 9, 1959 was between 11.1 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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