January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of marriage November 29, 1917
The temperature on November 29, 1917 was between 8.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of death February 26, 1988
The temperature on February 26, 1988 was between 0.7 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
August 8 » The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
August 21 » The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
September 18 » The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
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