January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
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.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of marriage February 1, 1912
The temperature on February 1, 1912 was between -2.3 and 0.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of death October 18, 1970
The temperature on October 18, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
November 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
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