January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of marriage May 23, 1940
The temperature on May 23, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
Day of death August 21, 1983
The temperature on August 21, 1983 was between 15.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
May 1 » The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
July 25 » Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
December 31 » The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
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