January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
Day of marriage June 16, 1922
The temperature on June 16, 1922 was between 7.8 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
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.
April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
Day of death March 21, 1960
The temperature on March 21, 1960 was between -0.7 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
December 9 » The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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