January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
Day of marriage October 26, 1927
The temperature on October 26, 1927 was between 12.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death October 4, 1971
The temperature on October 4, 1971 was between 3.4 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
March 8 » The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
July 5 » The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
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